NGC 6371
| Galaxy NGC 6371 |
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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 27 m 20.6 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 30 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021385 +/- 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | 6411 +/- 49 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(294 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (90.1 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 24, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6371 • PGC 60322 • CGCG 140-027 • MCG + 04-41-012 • 2MASX J17272065 + 2630185 • GC 5861 • GALEX ASC J172720.59 + 263019.3 | |
NGC 6371 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "S?" In the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 294 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6372 and IC 1256 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 24, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6371. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6371. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6371. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 (English).