NGC 6419
| Galaxy NGC 6419 |
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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 05.9 s |
| declination | + 68 ° 09 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 131 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026512 ± 0.000217 |
| Radial velocity | (7948 ± 65) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(364 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (111.6 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 17th August 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6419 • UGC 10924 • PGC 60543 • CGCG 321-024 • MCG + 11-21-012 • 2MASX J17360571 + 6809213 • LDCE 1262 NED002 | |
NGC 6419 is a 14.8 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Dracheam northern sky , an estimated 364 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. The galaxy NGC 6423 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 17, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 6419. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6419. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6419. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 .