NGC 6515
| Galaxy NGC 6515 |
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![NGC 6515 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6515_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6515 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 17 h 57 m 25.193 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 43 ′ 41.19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022862 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 6854 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.7 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 2, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6515 • UGC 11071 • PGC 61167 • CGCG 254-004 • MCG + 08-33-003 • 2MASX J17572518 + 5043407 • GALEX ASC J175725.06 + 504340.5 • WISEA J175725.18 + 504341.2 • NSA 148309 | |
NGC 6515 is a 13.0 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 315 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years across .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on July 2, 1884 .
Web links
- NGC 6515. SIMBAD , accessed August 31, 2019 .
- NGC 6515. DSO Browser, accessed August 31, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6515. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 31, 2016 .