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NGC 6442

NGC 6442
Object NGC 6442 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

NGC 6442 - galaxy in the constellation Herculis
Type: E1 - elliptical galaxy
The angular dimensions: 1.80'x1.6'
magnitude: V=12.6m; B=13.6m
The surface brightness: 13.7 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 17h46m51.3s; Dec= 20°45'42"
redshift (z): 0.021208
The distance from the Sun to NGC 6442: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 89.6 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 6442 : PGC 60844, UGC 10978, MCG 3-45-21, CGCG 112-38, NPM1G +20.0529

Nearby objects: NGC 6440, NGC 6441, NGC 6443, NGC 6444

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