NGC 6429
| Galaxy NGC 6429 |
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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 44 m 05.3 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 21 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 23 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011495 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 3446 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(161 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.5 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6429 • UGC 10960 • PGC 60770 • CGCG 141-007 • MCG + 04-42-004 • IRAS 17420 + 2522 • GC 5871 • | |
NGC 6429 is a 13.3 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on July 2, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6429. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6429. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6429. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed August 1, 2016 .