NGC 6349
| Galaxy NGC 6349 |
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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 19 m 06.5 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 03 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038513 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 11,546 +/- 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(524 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (160.6 ± 11.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 15, 1879 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6349 • PGC 60060 • CGCG 198-036 • MCG + 06-38-16 • | |
NGC 6349 is a 14.3 likes bright galaxy from the Hubble type S? in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 528 million light years from the Milky Way and, together with NGC 6351, forms an optical double galaxy
The object was discovered on July 15, 1879 by Édouard Stephan .