NGC 6545
| Galaxy NGC 6545 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 12 m 14.8 s |
| declination | -63 ° 46 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014283 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 4282 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(187 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.3 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6545 • PGC 61551 • ESO 103-006 • 2MASX J18121473-6346339 • SGC 180726-6347.3 • LDCE 1293 NED002 | |
NGC 6545 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Peacock the southern sky . It is estimated to be 187 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4680 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 20, 1835 .