NGC 6349 and NGC 6351 (Gary Imm)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Hercules (Her) · Contains: NGC 6349 · NGC 6351 · PGC 2072648 · PGC 2072653 · PGC 60047

NGC 6349 and NGC 6351

This image includes a pair of Astrobin Debut Objects in the constellation of Hercules at a declination of +36 degrees.

NGC 6349 is a 14.5 magnitude galaxy, either an elliptical or lenticular. It is 0.5 billion light years away and is 0.8 arc-minutes wide. This corresponds to a Milky Way size of 120,000 light years in diameter.

NGC 6351 is an interesting polar ring galaxy, with a disk that wraps around each of its poles. A small yellow companion seems to be at the left and could be the reason for the tidal distortions. The resulting star streams extend out far beyond the disk of NGC 6351.

No distance data is available for NGC 6351. I don’t believe that NGC 6349 and NGC 6351 are interacting. Polar ring galaxies are typical small in size, so my guess is that NGC 6351 is quite a bit closer to us than NGC 6349, based on how well we can see the details in the polar ring galaxy.

The lower half of the image is filled with many galaxies, including an unusual number of spirals. It looks like a galaxy cluster to me but I could not find any designation for it.

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RA (center)	17h19m12s.657
RA (top/left)	17h20m02s.696
RA (top/right)	17h18m24s.144
RA (bottom/right)	17h18m22s.734
RA (bottom/left)	17h20m01s.170

Dec (center)	+36°02′34″.91
Dec (top/left)	+36°08′39″.21
Dec (top/right)	+36°09′08″.47
Dec (bottom/right)	+35°56′27″.61
Dec (bottom/left)	+35°56′00″.28

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