NGC 6462
| Galaxy NGC 6462 |
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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 44 m 48.8 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 54 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.038407 +/- 0.000417 |
| Radial velocity | 11,514 +/- 125 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(523 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (160.5 ± 11.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6462 • PGC 60790 • CGCG 300-063 • MCG + 10-25-085 • IRAS 17443 + 6155 • 2MASX J17444885 + 6154378 • | |
NGC 6462 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SABbc in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky , which is an estimated 523 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on June 5, 1885 by Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- NGC 6462. SIMBAD, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6462. DSO Browser, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6462. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 2, 2016 .