NGC 6389
| Galaxy NGC 6389 |
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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 32 m 39.8 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 24 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010404 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (3119 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(146 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.7 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 29, 1799 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6389 • UGC 10893 • PGC 60466 • CGCG 112-005 • MCG + 03-45-001 • IRAS 17304 + 1626 • 2MASX J17323978 + 1624062 • GC 4308 • H II 901 • | |
NGC 6389 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hercules, approximately 146 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. In NGC 6389 two supernovae have been observed so far: SN 1999ab and SN 2000m .
NGC 6389 was discovered on June 29, 1799 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- Nordic Optical Telescope
- Supernova 2000M in NGC 6389
- Spiral Galaxy NGC 6389 in Hercules
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
