NGC 6436
| Galaxy NGC 6436 |
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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 41 m 13.2 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 26 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021121 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6332 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(292 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.5 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 25, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6436 • UGC 10951 • PGC 60695 • CGCG 300-060 • MCG + 10-25-082 • IRAS F17406 + 6028 • 2MASX J17411324 + 6026592 • | |
NGC 6436 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 292 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on September 25, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6436. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6436. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6436. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed August 1, 2016 .