NGC 6359
| Galaxy NGC 6359 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 17 m 53.0 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 46 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009880 +/- 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | 2962 +/- 48 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(141 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (43.2 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6359 • UGC 10804 • PGC 60025 • CGCG 299-072, 300-005 • MCG + 10-25-001 • GC 4298 • LDCE 1240 NED004 | |
NGC 6359 is a 12.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Dragon and about 141 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on October 27, 1861 .
Web links
- NGC 6359. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6359. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6359. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .