NGC 6395
| Galaxy NGC 6395 |
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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 26 m 31.3 s |
| declination | + 71 ° 05 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003883 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1164 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(61 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.6 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6395 • UGC 10876 • PGC 60291 • CGCG 339-044 • MCG + 12-16-039 • IRAS 17272 + 7108 • LDCE 1246 NED004 | |
NGC 6395 is a 12.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc / pec in the constellation Dragon and about 61 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Edward D. Swift on September 18, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6395. SIMBAD, accessed July 31, 2016 .
- NGC 6395. DSO Browser, accessed July 31, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6395. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed July 31, 2016 .