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NGC 6408

NGC 6408
Object NGC 6408 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

NGC 6408 - galaxy in the constellation Herculis
Type: SBa - spiral galaxy with bar
The angular dimensions: 1.60'x1.4'
magnitude: V=12.7m; B=13.6m
The surface brightness: 13.4 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 17h38m47.3s; Dec= 18°52'42"
redshift (z): 0.013136
The distance from the Sun to NGC 6408: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 55.5 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 6408 : PGC 60637, UGC 10930, MCG 3-45-7, CGCG 112-17, NPM1G +18.0520, IRAS 17366+1854

Nearby objects: NGC 6406, NGC 6407, NGC 6409, NGC 6410

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