NGC 6320
| Galaxy NGC 6320 |
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![NGC 6320 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6320_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6320 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 12 m 55.735 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 15 ′ 59.43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 103 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027626 ± 0.000130 |
| Radial velocity | 8282 ± 39 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.9 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 27, 1872 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6320 • UGC 10761 • PGC 59852 • CGCG 225-067 • MCG + 07-35-044 • 2MASX J17125575 + 4015595 • GC 5852 • GALEX ASC J171255.72 + 401558.8 • LDCE 1238 NED014 | |
NGC 6320 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 378 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 27, 1872 .
Web links
- NGC 6320. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2019 .
- NGC 6320. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6320. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English).