NGC 6460

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Galaxy
NGC 6460
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Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 49 m 30.3 s
declination + 20 ° 45 ′ 50 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Scd:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 157 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.011138 +/- 0.000023  
Radial velocity 3339 +/- 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(157 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(48.0 ± 3.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date June 2, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6460 • UGC  10997 • PGC  60925 • CGCG  112-055 • MCG  + 03-45-031 • IRAS  17473 + 2046 • 2MASX  J17493034 + 2045497 • GC  5880 •

NGC 6460 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd: in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky, the estimated 157 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 2, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 6460. SIMBAD, accessed August 2, 2016 .
  • NGC 6460. DSO Browser, accessed August 2, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6460. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 2, 2016 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6460
  3. Seligman