NGC 6424
| Galaxy NGC 6424 |
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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 12.1 s |
| declination | + 69 ° 59 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026065 +/- 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 7814 +/- 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(358 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (109.7 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 5, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6424 • UGC 10932 • PGC 60552 • CGCG 340-011 • MCG + 12-17-001 • | |
NGC 6424 is a 14.1 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation of Dragon .
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 5, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6424. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6424. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6424. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed August 1, 2016 .