NGC 6562
| Galaxy NGC 6562 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 05 m 00.914 s |
| declination | + 56 ° 15 ′ 47.23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022019 ± 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 6601 ± 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (93.3 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6562 • PGC 61376 • CGCG 278-046 • CGCG 279-001 • MCG + 09-29-051 • 2MASX J18050098 + 5615465 • GALEX ASC J180500.91 + 561547.1 • 2MASS J18050090 + 5615471 | |
NGC 6562 is a 13.9 mag bright compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 304 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 8, 1885 by Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- NGC 6562. SIMBAD , accessed September 15, 2019 .
- NGC 6562. DSO Browser, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6562. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 15, 2016 .