NGC 6394
| Galaxy NGC 6394 |
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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 30 m 21.4 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 38 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028306 +/- 0.000064 |
| Radial velocity | 8486 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(388 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (119.0 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | July 7, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6394 • UGC 10889 • PGC 60410 • CGCG 300-045 • MCG + 10-25-55 • IRAS F17296 + 5940 • 2MASX J17302140 + 5938235 • LDCE 1253 NED009 | |
NGC 6394 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Dragon .
The galaxy was discovered on July 7, 1885 by the astronomer Lewis A. Swift using a 16-inch reflector telescope.
The notation of NGC 6393 and NGC 6394 is often interchanged in later catalogs; in the New General Catalog , NGC 6394 is indicated as positioned north.