NGC 6257

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What Wikipedia says

NGC 6257 est une galaxie spirale située dans la constellation d'Hercule. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 4 680 ± 2 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 69,0 ± 4,8 Mpc (∼225 millions d'al). NGC 6257 a été découverte par l'astronome britannique John Herschel en 1831.

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