NGC 6377
| Galaxy NGC 6377 |
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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 23.2 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 49 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028987 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 8690 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(397 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.7 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6377 • UGC 10855 • PGC 60264 • CGCG 300-024 • MCG + 10-25-26 • LDCE 1253 NED005 | |
NGC 6377 is a 14.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type Sbc in the constellation of Dragon and about 397 million light years from the Milky Way.
It interacts with NGC 6376 and was discovered together with this on September 1, 1886 by Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- NGC 6377. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6377. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6377. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .