NGC 6394

NGC 6394
NGC 6394 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Draco
Right ascension	17h 30m 21.4s
Declination	+59° 38′ 24″
Redshift	0.028306±0.000064
Heliocentric radial velocity	8486±19 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	8684±21 km/s
Distance	390 million light years (119 million parsecs)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.416 +/- 0.002
Absolute magnitude (V)	-21.94 +/- 0.50
Characteristics
Type	SBb
Size	159,000 light years
Apparent size (V)	1.40′ × 0.4′
Other designations
UGC 10889, MCG 10-25-55, ZWG 300.45, PGC 60410 and IRAS17296+5940
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/

NGC 6394 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Draco. It is designated as SBb in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift on 7 July 1885.^[1][2][3]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
• List of NGC objects

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 6394 at Wikimedia Commons

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