NGC 6452 Latitude and Longitude:

Sky map 17h 47m 58.5s, +20° 50′ 16″
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NGC 6452
Observation data ( J2000 [1] epoch)
Constellation Hercules [2]
Right ascension17h 47m 58.5s [3]
Declination+20° 50′ 16″ [3]
Redshift+0.029610 ± 0.000023 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity(8745 ± 7) km/s [1]
Apparent magnitude (V)14.4 [2]
Characteristics
TypeS/P [2]
Apparent size (V)0.5' × 0.5' [2]
Other designations
GC 5878, PGC 60876, h 3708 [2] [1] [4]

NGC 6452, also occasionally referred to as PGC 60876 or GC 5878, is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Hercules. [2] It was discovered on 2 July 1864 by astronomer Albert Marth. [4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "NGC 6452". Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6452". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
  3. ^ a b "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  4. ^ a b "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 450 - 6452". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-11-07.

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