NGC 6343
| Galaxy NGC 6343 |
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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 16.3 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 03 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027612 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | 8278 +/- 35 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.9 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6343 • PGC 60010 • CGCG 225-095 • MCG + 07-35-060 • LDCE 1238 NED022 | |
NGC 6343 is a 13.8 mag bright compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Hercules and about 378 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 21, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6343. SIMBAD, accessed July 24, 2016 .
- NGC 6343. DSO Browser, accessed July 24, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6343. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 24, 2016 .