NGC 6679
| Galaxy NGC 6679 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 33 m 30.5 s |
| declination | + 67 ° 08 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 10.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022600 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (6775 +/- 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.7 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | October 25, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6679 • IC 4763 • UGC UGC 11288 NED01 • PGC 62029 • CGCG 322-046 NED01 / 323-001 NED01 • MCG + 11-22-055 • 2MASX J18333046 + 6708144 • VV 672 NED01 • LDCE 1305 NED003 | |
NGC 6679 = IC 4763 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Dragon at the northern sky , an estimated 312 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on October 25, 1885 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .