NGC 6261 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. [2][3] It is located 470 million light-years away from the Solar System and has an approximate diameter of 200,000 light-years. [4] NGC 6261 was discovered on July 13, 1880, by French astronomer Edouard Stephan. [5] .

NGC 6261 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Hercules constellation. NGC 6261 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.2, NGC 6261 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

2014年12月17日 · Marth also added two more galaxies found in the field in NGC 6271 and NGC 6722 whilst Stephan added NGC 6261, bringing a total of 7 NGC galaxies within a radius of 15 arc-seconds from NGC 6269. The majority of them lie on a line from NGC 6261 to NGC 6272. NGC 6269 itself is an elliptical with NGC 6265 being an S0 and NGC 6264 a spiral.

NGC 6261 (NGC6261) is a active galactic nuclei that has a distance from Earth of 487,603,784.65 light years. It can be found in the constellation of Hercules.

< NGC List NGC 6261. NGC 6261 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Hercules. The NGC is a catalog of 7,840 nebulae, star clusters, and galaxies. Here are the key stats on NGC 6261:

From Virginia Beach , NGC6261 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:10 (EST) and reaching an altitude of 54° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:05. "Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973. "HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

NGC 6261 é uma galáxia espiral (S0-a) localizada na direcção da constelação de Hercules. Possui uma declinação de +27° 58' 41" e uma ascensão recta de 16 horas, 56 minutos e 30,4 segundos. A galáxia NGC 6261 foi descoberta em 13 de …

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2022年9月6日 · For NGC 6285, the recessional velocity relative to the Costmic Microwave Background is 5665 km/sec, while for NGC 6286, the similar value is 5475 km/sec, yielding an average of 5570 km/sec. Based on that recessional velocity (and H 0 = 70 km/sec/Mpc), NGC 6285 and 6286 are about 260 million light-years away. Given that and its apparent size of ...

NGC 6261 Hercules yulduz turkumidagi S0-a tipli galaktikadir. Ushbu obyektni Edouard Stephan 1880-yilda kashf etgan. Ushbu obyekt Yangi umumiy katalog asl nashrida mavjud.