Astronomy:NGC 6324

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NGC 6324
NGC 6324 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Minor
Right ascension 17h 05m 25.4687s[1]
Declination+75° 24′ 26.061″[1]
Redshift0.016231±0.000127[1]
Helio radial velocity4,866±38 km/s[1]
Distance232.1 ± 16.4 Mly (71.16 ± 5.04 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.8[1]
Characteristics
TypeSc[1]
Size~81,500 ly (25.00 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.9′ × 0.5′[1]
Other designations
IRAS 17070+7528, UGC 10725, MCG+13-12-016, PGC 59583[1]

NGC 6324 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Minor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,825±38 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 232.1 ± 16.4 Mly (71.16 ± 5.04 Mpc).[1] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 December 1797.[2][3]

NGC 6324 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.[4][5]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6324:

See also

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Results for object NGC 6324". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+6324. 
  2. Herschel, William (1802). "Catalogue of 500 New Nebulae, Nebulous Stars, Planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 92: 477–528. doi:10.1098/rstl.1802.0021. Bibcode1802RSPT...92..477H. 
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6324". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc63.htm#6324. 
  4. Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D. et al. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (2): 1784. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766. Bibcode2020MNRAS.494.1784A. 
  5. "NGC 6324". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6324. 
  6. Puckett, T.; Kerns, B. (2002). "Supernova 2002ej in NGC 6324". International Astronomical Union Circular (7951): 2. Bibcode2002IAUC.7951....2P. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/07900/07951.html#Item2. 
  7. "SN 2002ej". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2002ej. 
  8. "SN 2026aur". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026aur. 

Coordinates: Sky map 17h 05m 25.4687s, +75° 24′ 26.061″