NGC 6674
| Galaxy NGC 6674 |
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| (Liverpool Telescope on La Palma) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 38 m 33.9 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 22 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 '× 2.1' |
| Position angle | 143 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011477 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 3441 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(162 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.7 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6674 • UGC 11308 • PGC 62178 • CGCG 143-008 • MCG + 04-44-007 • IRAS 18365 + 2519 • 2MASX J18383388 + 2522303 • HIPASS J1838 + 25 | |
NGC 6674 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 162 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 195,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1864 .