NGC 6460
Galaxy NGC 6460 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .