NGC 6459
| Galaxy NGC 6459 |
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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 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 |
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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 .