NGC 6527
| Galaxy NGC 6527 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 01 m 46.330 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 43 ′ 43.35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018159 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 5444 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(250 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (76.8 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | August 1, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6527 • UGC 11094 • PGC 61297 • CGCG 113-014 • MCG + 03-46-009 • IRAS 17595 + 1943 • 2MASX J18014639 + 1943444 • 2MASS J18014638 + 1943441 • NVSS J180146 + 194343 | |
NGC 6527 is a 14.2 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 250 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light-years across .
The object was discovered by Truman Safford on August 1, 1866 .
Web links
- NGC 6527. SIMBAD , accessed August 31, 2016 .
- NGC 6527. DSO Browser, accessed August 31, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6527. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on August 31, 2016 .