NGC 6560
| Galaxy NGC 6560 |
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![NGC 6560 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6560_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6560 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 05 m 13.98 s |
| declination | + 46 ° 52 ′ 53.7 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023490 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 7042 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(324 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.3 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | October 22, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6560 • UGC 11117 • PGC 61381 • CGCG 254-015 • MCG + 08-33-019 • IRAS 18038 + 4652 • 2MASX J18051398 + 4652535 • GALEX ASC J180513.96 + 465253.4 • NVSS J180514 + 465255 | |
NGC 6560 is a 13.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 324 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on October 22, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6560. SIMBAD , accessed September 15, 2019 .
- NGC 6560. DSO Browser, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6560. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 15, 2016 .