NGC 6351
| Galaxy NGC 6351 |
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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 11.4 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 03 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag / 16.5? like |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag / 17.5? like |
| Angular expansion | 0.25 '× 0.1' / 0.15 '× 0.1' total 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037884 +/- 0.000011 |
| Radial velocity | 11357 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(515 ± 36) · 10 6 ly (158.0 ± 11.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 15, 1879 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6351 • PGC 60063 • MCG + 06-38-017 • | |
NGC 6351 is an interacting galaxy pair in the constellation Hercules , consisting of the individual components PGC 60063 and SDSS J171911.7 + 360340 . The former is a 15.2 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0; the latter is about 16.5 mag bright, also lens-shaped and of the Hubble type SB0.
NGC 6351 also forms an optical double galaxy with NGC 6349 and was discovered by Édouard Stephan on July 15, 1879 .
Web links
- NGC 6351.SIMBAD , accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6351. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6351. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .