NGC 6348
| Galaxy NGC 6348 |
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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 18 m 21.2 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 38 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031758 |
| Radial velocity | 9521 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(433 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (132.9 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| diameter | 85,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 29, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6348 • PGC 60036 • CGCG 225-098 • MCG + 07-35-063 • 2MASX J17182124 + 4138512 • | |
NGC 6348 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is about 433 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 light years .
The object was discovered on June 29, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .