NGC 6384
| Galaxy NGC 6384 |
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| SDSS recording, angle of view 8 '× 8' | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake bearer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 32 m 24.3 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 03 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 6 ′, 2 × 4 ′, 1 |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.00562 ± 0.00017 |
| Radial velocity | +1680 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(80 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.4 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| diameter | 150,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6384 • UGC 10891 • PGC 60459 • CGCG 055-007 • MCG + 01-45-001 • IRAS 17299 + 0705 • 2MASX J17322430 + 0703369 • GC 5865 • Stephan II • Marth 339 | |
NGC 6384 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type Sb in the constellation Snake Bearer at the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 80 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 10, 1863 by the German astronomer Albert Marth .
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Web links
- GoBlack
- Image of the galaxy in the Center de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg
- NGC 6384: Beyond the Stars - Astronomy Picture of the Day of July 12, 2007 (English).
- NOAO
- astronews.com: Picture of the day March 3, 2011
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database