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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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Wikidata facts

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.