Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6442
NGC 6442MCG +03-45-021PGC 60844UGC 10978
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 46m 51.3s
- Declination
- +20° 45' 40"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 58.2″
- Position angle
- 135°
- Magnitude
- 14.4 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.97 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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