NGC 6532
| Galaxy NGC 6532 |
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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 59 m 13.95 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 13 ′ 54.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018339 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 5498 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(255 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (78.1 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | September 19, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6532 • UGC 11085 • PGC 61220 • CGCG 278-042 • MCG + 09-29-045 • IRAS 17583 + 5613 • 2MASX J17591393 + 5613542 • 2MASS J17591394 + 5613546 • WISEA J175913.95 + 561354.3 | |
NGC 6532 is a 14.0 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 255 million light years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Edward D. Swift on September 19, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6532. SIMBAD , accessed September 7, 2016 .
- NGC 6532. DSO Browser, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6532. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 7, 2016 (English).