NGC 6516
| Galaxy NGC 6516 |
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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 55 m 16.78 s |
| declination | + 62 ° 40 ′ 11.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 650 |
| Redshift | 0.025300 ± 0.001000 |
| Radial velocity | 7585 ± 300 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(348 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (106.7 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6516 • PGC 61109 • CGCG 300-094 • CGCG 301-001 • MCG + 10-25-118 • 2MASX J17551683 + 6240116 • GC 4356 • GALEX ASC J175516.65 + 624011.7 • LDCE 1271 NED007 | |
NGC 6516 is a 15.0 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 348 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6512 and NGC 6521 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on October 27, 1861 .
Web links
- NGC 6516. SIMBAD , accessed August 31, 2019 .
- NGC 6516. DSO Browser, accessed August 31, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6516. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 31, 2016 .