NGC 6630
| Galaxy NGC 6630 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 32 m 35.1 s |
| declination | -63 ° 17 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008926 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 2676 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(115 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.3 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6630 • PGC 62008 • ESO 103-26 • IRAS 18278-6319 • 2MASX J18323520-6317362 • SGC 182749-6319.7 • GC 4408 • h 3745 • | |
NGC 6630 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Peacock on southern sky , the 115 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed.
The object was discovered on June 8, 1836 by the British astronomer John Herschel .