| NGC 6412 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 6412 as seen through theHubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 17h 29m 37.5s |
| Declination | +75° 42′ 16″ |
| Redshift | 0.004380±0.000003 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1313±1 km/s |
| Galactocentric velocity | 1504±8 km/s |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.62 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -20.24 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SBc |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.50′ × 2.4′ |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 10897, MCG 13-12-26, ZWG 355.34, PGC 60393, KAZ 146, IRAS17313+7544, ZWG 356.4, VV 444, ARP 38 and KARA 813 | |
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase,http://spider.seds.org/ | |
NGC 6412 is aspiral galaxy located in the constellationDraco. It is designated asSBc in thegalaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the British astronomerWilliam Herschel on 12 December 1797. NGC 6412 is located at about 76.6Mly away from Earth.[1][2][3][4]
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