NGC 6427
| Galaxy NGC 6427/6431 |
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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 43 m 38.6 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 29 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010774 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 3230 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(152 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.6 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6427, 6431 • UGC 10957 • PGC 60758 • CGCG 141-006 • MCG + 04-42-003 • GC 5869 • | |
NGC 6427 = NGC 6431 is a 13.4 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on July 2, 1864 .
Due to a wrong identification of the guiding star , the observation of Édouard Stephan on June 23, 1870 under NGC 6431 led to a second entry in the catalog.
Web links
- NGC 6427. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6427. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6427. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 .