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NGC 6305

Seyfert2 SIMBAD Sy2 50 papers

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Right ascension: 17h 18m 00.92s
Declination: −59° 10′ 19.6″
Galactic l, b: 331.7, -12.17
Magnitude V: 12.61
Redshift z: 0.00902
Radial velocity: 2,691.9 km/s
Proper motion: -0.713, 1.287 mas/yr
Angular size: 1.017′ × 0.63′

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
V* V739 Ara	RRLyrae	243.2″	15.65
HD 155976	Star	267.7″	9.09
UCAC2 5957971	Star	333.5″	13.36
Gaia DR3 5915605039735712128	WhiteDwarf	391.5″	—
IRAS 17139-5914	LongPeriodV*	454.4″	13.39
Gaia DR3 5915601191440196352	WhiteDwarf Candidate	519.3″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6305 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.