NGC6384/ Galaxy, type SAB(r)bc |
R.A. | 17h 32m 24.6s (2000.0) |
Dec. | +07°03' 38" (2000.0) |
Apparent Size | 7.0×4.0' |
Radial Velocity | 1690km/s |
Magnitude | 11.1 |
Distance | 77 million light yrs. |
Group og Galaxies | - |
Other IDs | UGC 10891, CGCG 55-7 MCG +1-45-1, IRAS 17299+705 PGC 60459 |
NGC6384 is a medium-scaled spiral galaxy positioned in a pentagon of Ophiuchus.
The galaxy has a long axis of about 7 arc minutes, comparatively larger one included in the territory of Ophiuchus that has hardly striking galaxies.
Although this image can show you the indistinct arms wound -up, telescope-aided eyes detect as only lump of elliptic light.
A distance has been estimated as about 77 million light years.
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