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galaxy

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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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.