NGC 6443
| Galaxy NGC 6443 |
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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 33.8 s |
| declination | + 48 ° 06 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030608 +/- 0.000160 |
| Radial velocity | 9176 +/- 48 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(419 ± 29) · 10 6 ly (128.4 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6443 • UGC 10967 • PGC 60783 • CGCG 253-033 • MCG + 08-32-018 • 2MASX J17443385 + 4806507 • | |
NGC 6443 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation Hercules , an estimated 419 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on October 22, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6443. SIMBAD, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6443. DSO Browser, accessed August 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6443. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 1, 2016 (English).