NGC 6368
| Galaxy NGC 6368 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake bearer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 27 m 11.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 32 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009220 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2764 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(129 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (39.6 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6368 • UGC 10856 • PGC 60315 • CGCG 082-032 • MCG + 02-44-004 • IRAS 17248 + 1135 • GC 5860 • | |
NGC 6368 is a 12.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Ophiuchus and about 129 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on July 9, 1863 .
Web links
- NGC 6368. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6368. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6368. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .