Galaxy · constellation Ara
NGC 6221
NGC 6221ESO 138-003PGC 59175
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 16h 52m 46.1s
- Declination
- -59° 13' 07"
- Size
- 4.8′ × 3.1′
- Position angle
- 1°
- Magnitude
- 10.5 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.54 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sc
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Confused HIPASS source
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