Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- rG
- Redshift
- z = 0.034541
- Coordinates
- RA 254.1800° · Dec 27.8221°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Right ascension
- 16 56 43.239
- Declination
- +27 ° 49 ′ 19.96 ″
- Redshift
- 0.034 541 ± 0.000 120 km/ s
- Distance
- 473.9 million light years (118.03 Mpc)
- Type
- E
- Size
- 124,000 light years
- Apparent size v
- 0.843′ × 0.742′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- astrophysical X-ray source
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Distance from Earth
- 118.03
- Image
- NGC6263 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1864-06-28
- discoverer or inventor
- Albert Marth
- catalog code
- LEDA 59292
- redshift
- 0.034404
- galaxy morphological type
- -5
- apparent magnitude
- 12.549
- right ascension
- 254.1801625
- declination
- 27.8222111
- radial velocity
- 10176
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 6263
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6263 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Hercules. It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6263” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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