NGC 6328

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Ara}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 6328

| image = NGC 6328 hst 05479 606.png

| image_size = 250px

| caption = NGC 6328 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| pronounce =

| constellation name = Ara

| ra = {{RA|17|23|41.0}}

| dec = {{DEC|-65|00|37}}

| z = {{val|0.014428|0.000023}}

| h_radial_v = {{val|4325|7|u=km/s}}

| gal_v = {{val|4209|8|u=km/s}}

| dist_ly = 198.6 million light years (60.9 million parsecs)

| group_cluster =

| type = SAB(s)ab

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| size = 139,000 light years

| stars =

| appmag_v = 12.4

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 2.40{{prime}} × 1.4{{prime}}{{cite web|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 6328|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC6328|website=Seds|access-date=5 October 2015}}

| notes =

| names = ESO 102-3, AM 1718-645 and PGC 60198

| references = NASA/IPAC extragalactic database, http://spider.seds.org/

}}

NGC 6328 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ara. It is classified as SAB(s)ab in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel on 2 May 1835.{{cite web|title=NGC 6328 (= PGC 60198)|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc63.htm#6328|website=cseligman|access-date=5 October 2015}} NGC 6328 is located at about 199 million light years away from Earth.{{cite web|title=Object No. 1 - NGC 6328|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6328&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|website=NASA/IPAC extragalactic database|publisher=NASA/IPAC|access-date=5 October 2015}}