NGC 6376
| Galaxy NGC 6376 |
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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 25 m 19.2 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 49 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc pec? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 142 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028485 +/- 0.000009 |
| Radial velocity | 8540 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(390 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (119.7 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6376 • UGC 10855 • PGC 60258 • CGCG 300-024 • MCG + 10-25-025 • KUG 1724 + 588 • | |
NGC 6376 is a 14.8 mag bright galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sc pec in the constellation Dragon .
It interacts with NGC 6377 and was discovered together with this on September 1, 1886 by Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- NGC 6376. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6376. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6376. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 (English).