NGC 6324 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Minor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 12 December 1797.
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.
Supernovae Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6324: SN 2002ej (TypeII, mag. 17.5) was discovered by Tim Puckett and Brian Kerns on 9 August 2002. SN 2026aur (TypeIb, mag. 19.2987) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 9 January 2026.
See also List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
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