NGC 6452
| Galaxy NGC 6452 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 47 m 58.5 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 50 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? / Pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029594 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 8872 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(403 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.7 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6452 • PGC 60876 • CGCG 112-043 • 2MASX J17475841 + 2050163 • GC 5878 • | |
NGC 6452 is a 14.5 likes bright galaxy from the Hubble type S? / Pec in the constellation Hercules , an estimated 403 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 2, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6452. SIMBAD, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6452. DSO Browser, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6452. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 2, 2016 .