NGC 6464
| Galaxy NGC 6464 |
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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 47.5 s |
| declination | + 60 ° 53 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033146 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 9937 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(453 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (138.9 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 18, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6464 • PGC 60818 • CGCG 300-065 • MCG + 10-25-087 • IRAS 17452 + 6054 • KUG 1745 + 609 • 2MASX J17454760 + 6053507 • | |
NGC 6464 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type "Sc" in the constellation Dragon at the northern sky , an estimated 453 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on September 18, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6464. SIMBAD, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6464. DSO Browser, accessed August 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6464. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 2, 2016 .