NGC 6319

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Galaxy
NGC 6319
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NGC 6319 [1] SDSS image
NGC 6319 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 09 m 44.076 s
declination + 62 ° 58 ′ 23.03 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.027408 ± 0.000078  
Radial velocity 8217 ± 23 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(376 ± 26)  ·  10 6  ly
(115.2 ± 8.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date May 14, 1885
Catalog names
NGC  6319 • UGC  10744 • PGC  59717 • CGCG  321-015 • MCG  + 11-21-010 • IRAS  17092 + 6302 • 2MASX  J17094401 + 6258232 • 2MASS J17094406 + 6258228 • WISEA J170944.07 + 625822.8

NGC 6319 is a 13.5 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 376 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6317 .

The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 14, 1885 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6319
  4. Seligman