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NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara

Altitude: -25.1°   Azimuth: 188.3°   Direction: South

NGC 6300 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Ara constellation. NGC 6300 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

NGC 6300
Galaxy
Ara

NGC 6300 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -25.1°
Azimuth: 188.3°
Direction: South

See also NGC 6300 rise and set times.

Given its visual magnitude of 13.08, NGC 6300 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara

Photometric information of NGC 6300

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6300 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

10.88
13.08
7.86
7.2
6.93

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 6300.

23 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 6300

The following table reports NGC 6300 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6300 is a visual representation of it.
5.33 arcmin
3.37 arcmin
119°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6300

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6300 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6300 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (5.33 arcmin) and minor (3.37 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara morphological classification

NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara is classified as Barred Spiral (Bb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara, Barred Spiral (Bb).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6300

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6300 are provided in the following table:

17h 16m 59s
-62° 49’ 14”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6300 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara.

Finder chart NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara.

Rise ans set times of NGC 6300 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

NGC 6300 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Ara is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt