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NGC 6240S

Seyfert2 SIMBAD Sy2 41 papers

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Right ascension: 16h 52m 58.96s
Declination: +02° 24′ 01.0″
Galactic l, b: 20.729, 27.29
Redshift z: 0.0251
Radial velocity: 7,430.4 km/s

Also known as

2 identifiers

[FS83] N INGC 6240S

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[MCM2005] South 1	PartofG	1.787″	20.4
NGC 6240N	Seyfert2	1.825″	—
NGC 6240	Seyfert2	2.437″	13.37
[CWB94] S	Radio	2.606″	—
[BRS93] A	Radio	2.939″	—
[CWB94] N1	Radio	3.827″	—
[BRS93] B	Radio	3.992″	—
SN 2000bg	Supernova	15.06″	17.4
PS1-14xw	Supernova	31.58″	—
SN 2010gp	Supernova	50.43″	—
ZTF J165241.72+022703.3	RRLyrae	316″	14.38

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