NGC 6387
| Galaxy NGC 6387 |
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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 23.8 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 32 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028350 +/- 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 8499 +/- 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(388 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (119.1 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6387 • PGC 60355 • CGCG 300-037 • MCG + 09-29-004 • IRAS 17275 + 5735 • | |
NGC 6387 is a 15.7 mag bright compact Seyfert galaxy (type 1) of the Hubble type C in the constellation Dragon .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on July 22, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6387. SIMBAD, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- NGC 6387. DSO Browser, accessed July 28, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6387. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on July 28, 2016 .