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NGC 6240

Seyfert2 SIMBAD Sy2 1,745 papers
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Right ascension
16h 52m 58.90s
Declination
+02° 24′ 03.2″
Galactic l, b
20.729, 27.29
Magnitude V
13.37
Redshift z
0.024719
Radial velocity
7,319 km/s
Angular size
2.195′ × 0.9328′

Also known as

60 identifiers

1RXP J165259.0+0224061RXS J165257.9+0223532MASX J16525886+02240352XMM J165258.9+0224032XMMi J165258.9+0224034C 02.4487GB 165028.6+022854BWE 1650+0228GB6 B1650+0228GLEAM J165258+022409GRA B1650+02IC 4625INTREF 723IRAS 1650+024P04IRAS 16504+0228IRAS F16504+0228JCMTSE J165258.9+022402JCMTSF J165258.9+022402LEDA 59186MITG J165303+0222MRC 1650+024NGC 6240NVSS J165258+022403PBC J1653.0+0223PKS 1650+024PKS J1652+0224PMN J1653+0224PRC D-28PSCz Q16504+0228RGB J1652+024RGB J1653.0+0224RX J1652.9+0223SDSS J165258.89+022402.8SWIFT J1652.9+0223SWIFT J1652.9+0223ASWIFT J1653.2+0224TGSSADR J165258.7+022403TXS 1650+024UGC 10592UZC J165259.0+022407VLSSr J165257.4+022416VV 617WB 1650+0228WISE J165258.89+022403.6WISEA J165258.89+022403.6Z 1650.5+0229Z 25-11AKARI-IRC-V1 J1652588+022403[CAB95] IRAS F16504+0228[DML87] 701[HSN2016] J253.24+02.40[KRL2007b] 206MCG+00-43-004[TGM94] 165030+022900[VV2000c] J165258.9+022401[VV2003c] J165258.9+022401[VV2006c] J165258.9+022401[VV2010c] J165258.9+022401[VV98c] J165258.9+022401[WZX98] 16504+0228

In the same field

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ObjectTypeSeparationV
[BRS93] A Radio 0.9899″ —
NGC 6240N Seyfert2 1.334″ —
[MCM2005] South 1 PartofG 1.404″ 20.4
[BRS93] B Radio 1.556″ —
[CWB94] N1 Radio 1.559″ —
NGC 6240S Seyfert2 2.437″ —
[CWB94] S Radio 4.189″ —
SN 2000bg Supernova 15.91″ 17.4
PS1-14xw Supernova 32.79″ —
SN 2010gp Supernova 51.99″ —
ZTF J165241.72+022703.3 RRLyrae 314″ 14.38

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6240 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.