NGC 6370
| Galaxy NGC 6370 |
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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 23 m 25.2 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 58 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027152 +/- 0.000227 |
| Radial velocity | 8140 +/- 68 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(372 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (114.2 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6370 • UGC 10836 • PGC 60192 • CGCG 300-021 • MCG + 10-25-20 • LDCE 1248 NED003 | |
NGC 6370 is a 12.9 likes bright elliptical Seyfert galaxy (type 2) from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Dragon and about 372 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 19, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6370. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6370. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6370. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 28, 2016 .