NGC 6438 (other designations - ESO 10-1 , AM 1806-852 , PGC 61787 ) is a lenticular galaxy ( S0 ) in the constellation Octant .
| NGC 6438 | |
|---|---|
| Galaxy | |
 | |
| Research history | |
| Discoverer | John Herschel |
| opening date | June 2, 1835 |
| Designations | NGC 6438 , ESO 10-1 , AM 1806-852 , PGC 61787 |
| Observational data ( Age J2000.0 ) | |
| Constellation | Octant |
| Right ascension | |
| Declination | |
| Visible dimensions | 1.6 '× 1.4' |
| Apparent magnitude m V | 11.7 |
| Photographic magnitude m B | 12.7 |
| Specifications | |
| Type of | S0 |
| Radial velocity | |
| Redshift | |
| Distance | |
| Angular position | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 |
This object is one of those listed in the original edition of the New General Catalog .
See also
- List of Messier objects
- New shared directory
Links
- Information in English and French from the original “ New General Catalog ”
- Information (Eng.) From the Revised New General Catalog
- SIMBAD
- VizieR (English)
- NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
- List of NGC 6438 publications
- ↑ The surface photometry catalog of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies - 1989.
- ↑ Galaxy groups: a 2MASS catalog // Astron. J. / J. G. III - IOP Publishing , 2015 .-- ISSN 0004-6256 ; 1538-3881 - doi: 10.1088 / 0004-6256 / 149/5/171
- ↑ Masters K. L. Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey // The Astrophysical Journal Letters - 2007. - Vol. 655, Iss. 2. - P. 790–813. - doi: 10.1086 / 510201 - arXiv: astro-ph / 0610732