NGC 6571
| Galaxy NGC 6571 |
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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 10 m 49.360 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 14 ′ 18.60 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015858 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 4754 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.5 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6571 • PGC 61504 • CGCG 142-010 • MCG + 04-43-006 • 2MASX J18104931 + 2114193 • GC 5896 • WISEA J181049.31 + 211418.7 • LDCE 1291 NED001 | |
NGC 6571 is a 14.4 mag bright compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 220 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6576 , NGC 6577 , NGC 6579 , NGC 6580 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 27, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6571. SIMBAD , accessed September 15, 2019 .
- NGC 6571. DSO Browser, accessed September 15, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6571. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on September 15, 2016 .
- Aladin Lite: NGC 6571