NGC 6459
Galaxy NGC 6459 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Dragon |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 17 h 45 m 47.2 s |
declination | + 55 ° 46 ′ 36 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 78 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.029057 +/- 0.000187 |
Radial velocity | 8711 +/- 56 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(398 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.1 ± 8.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | April 19, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6459 • PGC 60817 • CGCG 278-025 • MCG + 09-29-029 • 2MASX J17454712 + 5546360 • LDCE 1266 NED003 |
NGC 6459 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky, which is an estimated 398 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 19, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6459. SIMBAD, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6459. DSO Browser, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6459. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 2, 2016 .