NGC 6385
| Galaxy NGC 6385 |
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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 28 m 01.4 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 31 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011201 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 3358 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.7 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6385 • UGC 10877 • PGC 60343 • CGCG 300-035 • MCG + 10-25-044 • | |
NGC 6385 is a 13.1 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation of Dragon and about 159 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on July 22, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6385. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6385. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6385. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .