NGC 6409
| Galaxy NGC 6409 |
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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 36 m 35.4 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 45 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020571 +/- 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 6167 +/- 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.2 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 18, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6409 • PGC 60565 • CGCG 253-020 • IRAS 17353 + 5047 • | |
NGC 6409 is a 13.8 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation of Dragon and about 284 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 18, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6409. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6409. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6409. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 (English).