NGC 6505

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Galaxy
NGC 6505
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NGC 6505 with LEDA 2678036 (lu) & LEDA 2678425 (ro) [1] SDSS image
NGC 6505 with LEDA 2678036 (lu) & LEDA 2678425 (ro) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 51 m 07.440 s
declination + 65 ° 31 ′ 50.75 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E / S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 1.0 ′
Position angle 126 °
Surface brightness 14.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.042783 ± 0.000190  
Radial velocity 12,826 ± 57 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(582 ± 41)  ·  10 6  ly
(178.5 ± 12.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date June 27, 1884
Catalog names
NGC  6505 • UGC  11026 • PGC  60995 • CGCG  322-018 • MCG  + 11-22-007 • 2MASX  J17510740 + 6531507 • WISEA J175107.47 + 653150.9 • NSA 148268

NGC 6505 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Dragon at the northern sky . in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 582 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 190,000 light years in diameter .

The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 27, 1884 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6505
  4. Seligman