NGC 6328
| Galaxy NGC 6328 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | altar |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 23 m 41.0 s |
| declination | -65 ° 00 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) b / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 157 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014428 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 4325 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.7 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6328 • PGC 60198 • ESO 102-G003 • 2MASX J17234103-6500371 • GC 4285 • h 3674 • AM 1718-645 | |
NGC 6328 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Altar . It is an estimated 188 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered on May 2, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch mirror telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .