Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6257
NGC 6257PGC 59274
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 16h 56m 03.5s
- Declination
- +39° 38' 44"
- Size
- 52.2″ × 16.2″
- Position angle
- 122°
- Magnitude
- 15.6 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.24 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBc
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Corwin thinks a better candidate is MCG +07-35-002.
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