NGC 6382
| Galaxy NGC 6382 |
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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 27 m 55.2 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 52 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029554 +/- 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 8860 +/- 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(405 ± 28) · 10 6 Lj (124.1 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | June 2, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6382 • PGC 60342 • CGCG 277-044 • MCG + 09-29-001 • 2MASX J17275520 + 5652078 • LDCE 1258 NED001 | |
NGC 6382 is a 14.6 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 405 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Edward D. Swift on June 2, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 6382. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6382. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6382. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 (English).