NGC 6330
| Galaxy NGC 6330 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 15 m 44.4 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 24 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028977 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 8687 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(395 ± 28) · 10 6 Lj (121.2 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 12, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6330 • UGC 10776 • PGC 59961 • CGCG 170-007 • MCG + 05-41-005 • IRAS 17138 + 2927 • | |
NGC 6330 is a 14.3 mag bright bar-spiral-shaped radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hercules and about 395 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on June 12, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6330. SIMBAD, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- NGC 6330. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6330. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English).