NGC 6367
| Galaxy NGC 6367 |
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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 25 m 09.0 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 45 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026442 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | 7927 ± 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(362 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (111.1 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 5, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6367 • PGC 60251 • CGCG 198-041 • MCG + 06-38-020 • 2MASX J17250905 + 3745356 • SDSS J172509.01 + 374535.6 • NSA 147988 | |
NGC 6367 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 362 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on July 5, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6367. SIMBAD , accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6367. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6367. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 (English).