NGC 6513
| Galaxy NGC 6513 |
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| NGC 6513 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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
- NGC 6513. SIMBAD , accessed August 31, 2016 .
- NGC 6513. DSO Browser, accessed August 31, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6513. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 31, 2016 .