---
title: "NGC 6324"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-6324"
release: "DR1"
licence: "CC-BY-SA-4.0"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. NGC 6324 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-6324"
---

# NGC 6324

NGC 6324 is a spiral [galaxy](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies) Sbc in the constellation [Ursa Minor](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/ursa-minor), 227.5 Mly from Earth, shining at apparent magnitude 13.45 (B). Other catalogues list it as 2MASX J17052594+7524267, IRAS 17070+7528 and LEDA 59583, among 9 designations in total. It was discovered in 1797.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Spiral galaxy
- **HOW FAR:** 227.5 Mly — A luminosity distance, from its redshift — how faint it looks. The light itself left 224 million years ago.
- **HOW BIG ON THE SKY:** 59″ — Small enough that the full Moon would cover it several times over.
- **HOW BRIGHT (B):** 13.45 — Faint: it takes a large telescope.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Ursa Minor](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/ursa-minor) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Spiral galaxy Sbc |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 227.5 Mly ±17 — by redshift (CMB frame), flat ΛCDM with H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (B) | 13.45 |
| CONSTELLATION | Ursa Minor |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 17h 05m 25.3s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | +75° 24′ 25.3″ |
| DISCOVERED | 1797 |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Hubble type | Sbc |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.45 |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 11.58 |
| Apparent magnitude (H band) | 10.95 |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 10.62 |
| Surface brightness | 22 mag/arcsec² |

### WHERE IT IS AND HOW IT MOVES

Position, motion across the sky and the size it covers on it. These are measurements of the object as seen from here, so every one of them depends on where here is.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Radial velocity | 4827 km/s |
| Redshift (z) | 0.01623 |
| Redshift (z, CMB frame) | 0.016092 |
| Major axis | 0.98′ |
| Minor axis | 0.52′ |
| Position angle | 74° |

### WHEN IT WAS FOUND

Who first saw it, from where, and by what method.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Discovered by | William Herschel |

### OTHER NAMES AND NUMBERS

The identifiers other catalogues file this object under, for anyone joining this data to theirs.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| OpenNGC type code | G |
| Wikidata item | Q2057784 |
| Wikipedia article | NGC 6324 |

## Also known as

- 2MASX: 2MASX J17052594+7524267
- IRAS: IRAS 17070+7528
- LEDA: LEDA 59583
- MCG: MCG +13-12-016
- NGC: NGC 6324
- PGC: PGC 59583
- SDSS: SDSS J170525.30+752425.2
- SDSS: SDSS J170525.31+752425.3
- UGC: UGC 10725

## Source

[OpenNGC](https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC) — CC-BY-SA-4.0

The producer asks: OpenNGC, Mattia Verga (github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC). Fields derived from it stay under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-openngc

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. NGC 6324 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-6324

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_ngc-6324,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{NGC 6324}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-6324},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from OpenNGC.}
}
```

OpenNGC — CC-BY-SA-4.0

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: OpenNGC, Mattia Verga (github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC). Fields derived from it stay under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-6324