NGC 6488
| Galaxy NGC 6488 |
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![NGC 6488 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6488_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6488 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 49 m 20.973 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 13 ′ 22.51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028873 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 8656 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(396 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.3 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | September 1, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6488 • PGC 60918 • CGCG 300-076 • MCG + 10-25-98 • 2MASX J17492094 + 6213221 • GALEX ASC J174920.83 + 621321.2 • LDCE 1271 NED004 • NSA 148246 | |
NGC 6488 is a 14.3 mag bright compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 396 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6491 , NGC 6493 , IC 4669 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on September 1, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6488. SIMBAD , accessed August 7, 2019 .
- NGC 6488. DSO Browser, accessed August 7, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6488. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed August 7, 2016 .