NGC 6336
| Galaxy NGC 6336 |
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![NGC 6336 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6336_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6336 SDSS image | |
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| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 16 m 16.57 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 49 ′ 13.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027102 ± 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 8125 ± 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(371 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.8 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 11, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6336 • UGC 10786 • PGC 59976 • CGCG 225-089 • MCG + 07-35-057 • IRAS F17147 + 4352 • 2MASX J17161657 + 4349135 • GC 5858 • GALEX ASC J171616.62 + 434914.2 • LDCE 1238 NED021 | |
NGC 6336 is a 13.6 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 371 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6323 , NGC 6327 , NGC 6329 , NGC 6332 .
The object was discovered on July 11, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6336. SIMBAD , accessed July 20, 2016 .
- NGC 6336. DSO Browser, accessed July 20, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6336. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 20, 2016 (English).