Right ascension 17 16 59.5 Distance (comoving) 15.6 million parsecs Constellation Ara | Declination −62° 49′ 40″ Magnitude 8.78 Apparent magnitude (V) 8.78 | |
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Redshift 6997369900000000000♠0.003699±0.000010 Helio radial velocity 7006110900000000000♠1109±3 km/s Galactocentric velocity 7005997000000000000♠997±5 km/s Similar NGC 6200, NGC 6208, NGC 6326, NGC 6204, NGC 6304 | ||
NGC 6300 is a barred Seyfert spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ara. It is designated as SB(rs)b in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the Scottish astronomer James Dunlop on 30 June 1826. NGC 6300 is located at about 51 million light years away from earth. It is suspected that a massive black hole (300,000 times the mass of Sun) may be at its center, pulling all the nearby objects into it. In turn, it emits large amounts of X-rays.
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