NGC 6408
| Galaxy NGC 6408 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 38 m 47.3 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 52 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 132 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013136 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 3938 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.0 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6408 • UGC 10930 • PGC 60637 • CGCG 112-017 • MCG + 03-45-007 • IRAS 17366 + 1854 • GC 5866 • | |
NGC 6408 is a 12.8 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hercules and about 183 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 2, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6408. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6408. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6408. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 (English).