NGC 6508
| Galaxy NGC 6508 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 49 m 46.439 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 01 ′ 15.99 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025474 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 7637 ± 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(350 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.3 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ernst Hartwig |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6508 • UGC 11023 • PGC 60938 • CGCG 340.21 • MCG + 12-17-010 • 2MASX J17494650 + 7201162 • WISEA J174946.40 + 720116.0 | |
NGC 6508 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E0 in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 350 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Ernst Hartwig on September 19, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 6508. SIMBAD , accessed on August 18, 2019 (English).
- NGC 6508. DSO Browser, accessed August 18, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6508. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 18, 2016 .