NGC 6332
| Galaxy NGC 6332 |
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![NGC 6332 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6332_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6332 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 15 m 02.9 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 39 ′ 36.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 635 NGC 6329 group |
| Redshift | 0.028046 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 8408 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(384 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.7 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 11, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6332 • UGC 10773 • PGC 59927 • CGCG 225-082 • MCG + 07-35-054 • 2MASX J17150290 + 4339368 • GC 5857 • NVSS J171503 + 433931 • LDCE 1238 NED018 | |
NGC 6332 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 384 million light years from the Milky Way and about 180,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6323 , NGC 6327 , NGC 6329 , NGC 6336 .
The object was discovered on July 11, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6332. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2016 .
- NGC 6332. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6332. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 20, 2016 (English).