NGC 6373
| Galaxy NGC 6373 |
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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 24 m 08.1 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 59 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011074 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 3320 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(157 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.2 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 13, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6373 • UGC 10850 • PGC 60220 • CGCG 300-022 • MCG + 10-25-23 • IRAS F17233 + 5902 • 2MASX J17240804 + 5859425 • | |
NGC 6373 is a 13.6 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB (s) c in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 157 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 13, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6373. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6373. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6373. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .