NGC 6324
NGC 6324 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Minor
Right ascension	17h 05m 25.4687s[1]
Declination	+75° 24′ 26.061″[1]
Redshift	0.016231±0.000127[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,866±38 km/s[1]
Distance	232.1 ± 16.4 Mly (71.16 ± 5.04 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.8[1]
Characteristics
Type	Sc[1]
Size	~81,500 ly (25.00 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.9′ × 0.5′[1]
Other designations
IRAS 17070+7528, 2MASX J17052594+7524267, UGC 10725, MCG +13-12-016, PGC 59583, CGCG 355-025[1]

NGC 6324 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Minor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,825±38 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 232.1 ± 16.4 Mly (71.16 ± 5.04 Mpc).^[1] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 December 1797.^[2][3]

NGC 6324 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.^[4][5]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6324:

• SN 2002ej (Type II, mag. 17.5) was discovered by Tim Puckett and Brian Kerns on 9 August 2002.^[6][7]
• SN 2026aur (Type Ib, mag. 19.2987) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 9 January 2026.^[8]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 6324 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 6324 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images