NGC 6632
| Galaxy NGC 6632 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 25 m 03.1 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 32 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015884 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4762 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(221 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (67.8 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 24, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6632 • UGC 11226 • PGC 61849 • CGCG 172-032 • MCG + 05-43-018 • IRAS 18230 + 2730 • 2MASX J18250309 + 2732073 • LEDA 61849 | |
NGC 6632 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 221 million light years from the Milky Way and about 190,000 light years in diameter.
The type IIP supernova SN 2013bi was observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 24, 1864 .