NGC 6566
| Galaxy NGC 6566 |
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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 07 m 00.7 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 15 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.017676 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | 5299 ± 50 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.4 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | October 27, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6566 • PGC 61418 • CGCG 279-002 • MCG + 09-30-001 • 2MASX J18070070 + 5215363 • GC 4387 • GALEX ASC J180700.52 + 521539.0 • 2MASS J18070064 + 5215364 • KIG 845 | |
NGC 6566 is a 14.7 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 246 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 45,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on October 27, 1861 .
Web links
- NGC 6566. SIMBAD , accessed September 15, 2016 .
- NGC 6566. DSO Browser, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6566. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 15, 2016 .