NGC 6346
| Galaxy NGC 6346 |
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![NGC 6346 with LEDA 2563604 (or), NGC 6345 (o), LEDA 2563103 (r) [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6346_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6346 with LEDA 2563604 (or), NGC 6345 (o), LEDA 2563103 (r) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 15 m 24.488 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 19 ′ 21.08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 636 |
| Redshift | 0.029577 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 8867 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(405 ± 28) · 10 6 Lj (124.1 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 13, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6346 • PGC 59946 • CGCG 299-064 • MCG + 10-24-114 • 2MASX J17152444 + 5719215 • GALEX ASC J171524.54 + 571919.4 • LDCE 1253 NED002 • NSA 4450 | |
NGC 6346 is a 14.6 likes bright elliptical galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type E2 in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 405 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6338 , NGC 6345 , IC 4649 , IC 4650 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 13, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6346. SIMBAD , accessed July 24, 2016 .
- NGC 6346. DSO Browser, accessed July 24, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6346. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 24, 2016 .