NGC 6458
| Galaxy NGC 6458 |
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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 49 m 11.0 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 48 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010674 +/- 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 3200 +/- 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 11) x 10 6 ly (46.0 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6458 • UGC 10994 • PGC 60911 • CGCG 112-051 • MCG + 03-45-029 • 2MASX J17491102 + 2048157 • GC 5879 • | |
NGC 6458 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky , the estimated 150 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. The galaxy NGC 6460 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 2, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6458. SIMBAD, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6458. DSO Browser, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6458. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 2, 2016 .