NGC 6323
| Galaxy NGC 6323 |
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![NGC 6323 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6323_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6323 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 13 m 18.080 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 46 ′ 56.85 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 172 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025925 ± 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 7772 ± 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(356 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.0 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 12, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6323 • UGC 10764 • PGC 59868 • CGCG 225-071 • MCG + 07-35-048 • IRAS F17118 + 4350 • 2MASX J17131806 + 4346563 • GC 5854 • GALEX ASC J171318.04 + 434656.7 • LDCE 1238 NED015 • NVSS J171318 + 434706 | |
NGC 6323 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sab in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 356 million light years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of about 115,000 light years.
The object was discovered on July 12, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6323. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2016 .
- NGC 6323. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6323. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 20, 2016 (English).