NGC 6562
Galaxy NGC 6562 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Dragon |
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 |
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 .