NGC 6300

NGC 6300
NGC 6300
	NGC 6300 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ara
Right ascension	17h 16m 59.5s
Declination	−62° 49′ 40″
Redshift	0.003699±0.000010
Heliocentric radial velocity	1109±3 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	997±5 km/s
Distance	50.9 million light years
Apparent magnitude (V)	8.78
Absolute magnitude (V)	-21.90
Characteristics
Type	SB(rs)b
Size	64,000 light years
Apparent size (V)	4.30′ × 2.8′
Other designations
	ESO 101-25, VV 734, IRAS17123-6245 and PGC 60001
	References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/

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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Object No. 1 - NGC 6300". NASA/IPAC extragalactic database. NASA/IPAC. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6300". Seds. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "NGC 6300 (= PGC 60001)". cseligman. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "NGC 6300". The NGC/IC Project. Archived from the original on 20 May 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
^ "ESO's New Technology Telescope Revisits NGC 6300". ESO. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

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