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Galaxy in the constellation Draco

NGC 6340
NGC 6340 (center) in a 32 in (81 cm) telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Draco
Right ascension	17 10 24.835
Declination	+72° 18′ 15.92″
Redshift	0.003996(20)
Heliocentric radial velocity	1,217 km/s
Distance	55 Mly (17 Mpc)h _0.73
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.9
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)0/a
Apparent size (V)	3.2′ × 3.0′
Other designations
NGC 6340, UGC 10762, PGC 59742

NGC 6340 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Draco. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on June 6, 1788. The galaxy is located approximately 55 million light-years (17 Mpc) away, and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,217 km/s. It is the largest member of a triplet of galaxies known as the NGC 6340 group.

The morphological classification of NGC 6340 is SA(s)0/a, indicating a lenticular or spiral galaxy with no central bar (SA), no ring structure (s), and tightly wound spiral arms. It is being viewed nearly face on, with an inclination of about 20° to the plane of the sky. There is a prominent central bulge with little in the way of spiral structure in the outer disk. The nucleus is chemically distinct, having a higher metallicity than the surroundings. There is a polar ring orbiting the nucleus with a radius of about 1.6 kly (0.5 kpc).

Velocity measurements show that there are separate components with the inner and outer parts of the galaxy. This may have been created through a merger of two galaxy, with one possibly elliptical and the other a spiral.

References

R. W. Sinnott, ed. (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-933346-51-2.
^ Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2021). "Gaia Early Data Release 3: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 649: A1. arXiv:2012.01533. Bibcode:2021A&A...649A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657. S2CID 227254300. (Erratum: doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039657e). Gaia EDR3 record for this source at VizieR.
de Vaucouleurs, G.; et al. (1991). Third reference catalogue of bright galaxies. 9. New York: Springer-Verlag.
^ Tully, R. Brent (May 1, 2015). "Galaxy Groups: A 2MASS Catalog". The Astronomical Journal. 149 (5): 171. arXiv:1503.03134. Bibcode:2015AJ....149..171T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/149/5/171. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 119285986.
^ Chilingarian, I. V.; et al. (September 2009). "NGC 6340: an old S0 galaxy with a young polar disc. Clues from morphology, internal kinematics, and stellar populations". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 504 (2): 389–400. arXiv:0904.4606. Bibcode:2009A&A...504..389C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200911684.
^ König, Michael; Binnewies, Stefan (2017). The Cambridge Photographic Atlas of Galaxies. Cambridge University Press. p. 300. ISBN 9781107189485.
"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6340. Retrieved 2007-04-11.
"NGC 6340". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2024-05-24.
Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 6300 - 6349". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
Bottema, R. (September 1989). "The stellar velocity dispersion of the spiral galaxies NGC 6503 and NGC 6340". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 221: 236–249. Bibcode:1989A&A...221..236B.
Sil'chenko, O. K. (August 2000). "Face-on Galaxies NGC 524 and NGC 6340: Chemically Decoupled Nuclei and Inclined Circumnuclear Disks". The Astronomical Journal. 120 (2): 741–751. arXiv:astro-ph/0007051. Bibcode:2000AJ....120..741S. doi:10.1086/301494.

External links

Media related to NGC 6340 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 6340 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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Astronomical catalog List of NGC objects 6001–7000

New General Catalogue 6000 to 6499

Constellation of Draco

Stars

Bayer	α (Thuban) β (Rastaban) γ (Eltanin) δ (Altais) ε (Tyl) ζ (Aldhibah) η (Athebyne) θ ι (Edasich) κ λ (Giausar) μ (Alrakis) ν (Kuma) ξ (Grumium) ο π ρ σ (Alsafi) τ υ φ χ ψ (Dziban) ψ ω
Flamsteed	6 7 (Tianyi) 8 (Taiyi) 10 (i) 15 (A) 18 (g) 19 (h) 26 36 39 (b) 42 (Fafnir) 45 (d) 64 (e) 68
Variable	TW AG BY CL CM CX DO V581
HR	3751 4126 4934 5811 6237 6618 (Alruba) 6817 7137 7783
HD	101364 156279 158259 176693 191939
Other	2MASS 1237+6526 2MASS J17554042+6551277 G 240-72 GD 356 Gliese 420 Gliese 625 Gliese 687 GRW +70 8247 Kepler-4 Kepler-10 Kepler-12 Kepler-90 Kepler-296 LP 71-82 Qatar-1 Struve 2398 TOI-1136 WISE 1647+5632

Exoplanets	Orbitar HD 139357 b HD 167042 b Hypatia Kepler-4b Kepler-10b c Kepler-12b Kepler-90e f g h i TOI-1452 b TrES-2b

Star clusters	LAMOST 1

Nebulae	Abell 50 Cat's Eye Nebula

Galaxies

NGC	3147 4121 4125 4236 4319 4345 4513 4589 5678 5777 5866 5866B 5879 5906 5907 5949 5963 5965 5982 5985 6090 6248 6285 6286 6338 6340 6365 6373 6394 6412 6503 6566 6621 6622 6670 6676 6786 6789
Other	1ES 1959+650 3C 249.1 3C 305 3C 319 3C 356 3C 371 3C 390.3 3C 401 4C +72.26 H1821+643 HFLS3 KKR 25 Markarian 876 PGC 39058 S5 1803+784 S5 2007+777 UGC 9391

Galaxy clusters	Abell 2218 CL1358+62 Draco Supercluster

Astronomical events	Swift J1644+57 SN 2005B SN 2016aps