Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6140  ·  PGC 2677281
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NGC 6140, Gary Imm
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NGC 6140

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NGC 6140

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This object is a small face-on barred spiral galaxy located 45 million light years away in the constellation of Draco at a declination of +65 degrees. This galaxy spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view, which corresponds to an actual diameter of 50,000 light years.

The inner region of this galaxy is messed up. An off center bar is itself a bit curved and distorted, so it appears that this galaxy may have had a close encounter with another unseen galaxy in the past. Numerous star clusters and a few faint HII regions are seen. The outer region consists of two primary arms, but they also have been distorted somewhat.

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