NGC 6339
| Galaxy NGC 6339 |
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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 17 m 06.5 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 50 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBcd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007032 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2108 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.4 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6339 • UGC 10790 • PGC 60003 • CGCG 225-092 • MCG + 07-35-059 • IRAS 17155 + 4053 • | |
NGC 6339 is a 12.7 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Hercules and about 102 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 21, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6339. SIMBAD, accessed July 24, 2016 .
- NGC 6339. DSO Browser, accessed July 24, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6339. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 24, 2016 .