Galaxy · constellation Oph
NGC 6240
NGC 6240IC 4625MCG +00-43-004PGC 59186UGC 10592
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 16h 52m 58.9s
- Declination
- +2° 24' 03"
- Size
- 2.2′ × 1.0′
- Position angle
- 12°
- Magnitude
- 13.3 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 24.08 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0-a
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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