NGC 6513

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Galaxy
NGC 6513
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NGC 6513 [1] SDSS image
NGC 6513 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 17 h 59 m 34.53 s
declination + 24 ° 52 ′ 49.9 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.5 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.019814 ± 0.000130  
Radial velocity 5940 ± 39 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(273 ± 19)  x  10 6  ly
(83.8 ± 5.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date August 7, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6513 • UGC  11078 • PGC  61235 • CGCG  141-038 • MCG  + 04-42-018 • 2MASX  J17593425 + 2453128 • 2MASX J17593454 + 2452498 • GC  5889 • 2MASS J17593451 + 2452501 • NSA 148322

NGC 6513 is a 13.5 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 273 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 7, 1864 .

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 6513
  4. Seligman