Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6261
NGC 6261MCG +05-40-006PGC 59286UGC 10617
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 16h 56m 30.5s
- Declination
- +27° 58' 39"
- Size
- 1.1′ × 26.4″
- Position angle
- 85°
- Magnitude
- 15.2 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.80 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0-a
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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