Wide field image of PGC 6240 (ground-based image)
This image from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) shows elliptical galaxy PGC 6240 and its surroundings.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
About the Image
| Id: | heic1318b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 October 2013, 14:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1318 |
| Size: | 9799 x 9900 px |
About the Object
| Name: | PGC 6240 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical |
| Distance: | 350 million light years |
| Constellation: | Hydrus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 1 40 20.35 |
| Position (Dec): | -65° 30' 46.93" |
| Field of view: | 164.79 x 166.49 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.5° left of vertical |
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