NGC 6379
| Galaxy NGC 6379 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 30 m 34.9 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 17 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019924 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 5973 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(273 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (83.8 ± 5.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 15, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6379 • UGC 10886 • PGC 60421 • CGCG 112-002, 111-044 • MCG + 03-44-10 • IRAS 17283 + 1619 • 2MASX J17303492 + 1617193 • GC 5864 • | |
NGC 6379 is a 13.1 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 273 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on May 15, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6379. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6379. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6379. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .