NGC 6505
| Galaxy NGC 6505 |
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| NGC 6505 with LEDA 2678036 (lu) & LEDA 2678425 (ro) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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
- NGC 6505. SIMBAD , accessed on August 7, 2019 (English).
- NGC 6505. DSO Browser, accessed August 7, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6505. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 7, 2016 .