NGC 6628
| Galaxy NGC 6628 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 22 m 21.9 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 28 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014820 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 4443 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(206 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (63.3 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6628 • UGC 11211 • PGC 61790 • CGCG 142-041 • MCG + 04-43-029 • IRAS 18202 + 2327 • 2MASX J18222191 + 2328425 • LEDA 61790 • LDCE 1300 NED001 | |
NGC 6628 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 206 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6619 and NGC 6623 , among others .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1864 .