User:Praemonitus/sandbox
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- User:Praemonitus/Draft
- PetScan
- User:Praemonitus/Astronomy style guide, Wikipedia:WikiProject Astronomy/Manual of Style
- HD 118904, HD 158996, NGC 2367
- Samuel Curwen, Edward R. Baldwin
- American Leprosy Foundation/Leonard Wood Memorial, Washington Academy of Sciences
Expand: NGC 6025 Example: U Pegasi
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NGC 6340 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Draco[1] |
Right ascension | 17h 10m 24.9s[2] |
Declination | +72° 18′ 16″[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 1,198±6 km/s[2] |
Distance | 55 Mly (17 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.9[2] |
Characteristics | |
Apparent size (V) | 3.2′ × 3.0′[2] |
Other designations | |
NGC 6340, UGC 10762, PGC 59742[2] |
NGC 6340 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco. The galaxy is approximately 55 million light years away.
References[edit]
- ^ R. W. Sinnott, ed. (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-933346-51-2.
- ^ a b c d e f "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6340. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
External links[edit]
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