NGC 6328

NGC 6328 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ara. It is classified as SAB(s)ab in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on 2 May 1835.^[3] NGC 6328 is located at about 199 million light years away from Earth.^[1]

NGC 6328
NGC 6328 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ara
Right ascension	17h 23m 41.0s[1]
Declination	−65° 00′ 37″[1]
Redshift	0.014428±0.000023[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4325±7 km/s[1]
Galactocentric velocity	4209±8 km/s[1]
Distance	198.6 million light years (60.9 million parsecs)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.4[2]
Characteristics
Type	SAB(s)ab[1]
Size	139,000 light years
Apparent size (V)	2.40′ × 1.4′[2]
Other designations
ESO 102-3, AM 1718-645 and PGC 60198
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic database, http://spider.seds.org/

See also

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