NGC 6414
| Galaxy NGC 6414 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 30 m 36.8 s |
| declination | + 74 ° 22 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.054000 |
| Radial velocity | 16189 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(732 ± 51) x 10 6 ly (224.4 ± 15.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 30, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6414 • UGC 10906 • PGC 60416 • CGCG 339-047, 340-005 • MCG + 12-16-041 • | |
NGC 6414 is a 15.3 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation of Dragon and about 732 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 30, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6414. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6414. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6414. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed August 1, 2016 .