NGC 6547
| Galaxy NGC 6547 |
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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 05 m 10.02 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 13 ′ 57.4 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008929 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2677 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(128 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.1 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | August 7, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6547 • UGC 11110 • PGC 61378 • CGCG 141-048 / 142-001 • MCG + 04-43-001 • 2MASX J18051001 + 2513575 • GC 5891 • GALEX MSC J180510.22 + 251354.9 | |
NGC 6547 is a 13.5 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 128 million light years from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1273 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 7, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6547. SIMBAD , accessed September 7, 2016 .
- NGC 6547. DSO Browser, accessed September 7, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6547. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 7, 2016 (English).