NGC 6479
| Galaxy NGC 6479 |
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![NGC 6479 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6479_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6479 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 48 m 21.588 s |
| declination | + 54 ° 08 ′ 56.42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022182 ± 0.000143 |
| Radial velocity | 6650 ± 43 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (93.9 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6479 • UGC 10996 • PGC 60890 • CGCG 278-032 • IRAS 17473 + 5409 • 2MASX J17482155 + 5408565 • NVSS J174821 + 540902 • NSA 148237 | |
NGC 6479 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 306 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.
The supernovae SN 2007cl (Type Ic) and SN 2009ay (Type II) were observed here.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 20, 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6479. SIMBAD , accessed August 4, 2019 .
- NGC 6479. DSO Browser, accessed August 4, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6479. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 4, 2016 .