NGC 6576
| Galaxy NGC 6576 |
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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 11 m 48.019 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 25 ′ 41.68 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 652 |
| Redshift | 0.016928 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 5075 ± 38 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (71.9 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | August 7, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6576 • PGC 61530 • CGCG 142-014 • 2MASX J18114802 + 2125414 • 2MASS J18114800 + 2125419 • WISEA J181147.98 + 212541.7 • LDCE 1291 NED003 | |
NGC 6576 is a 14.6 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 235 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 6577 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6571 , NGC 6579 , NGC 6580 , NGC 6586 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 7, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6576. SIMBAD , accessed September 19, 2019 .
- NGC 6576. DSO Browser, accessed September 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6576. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 19, 2016 .
- Aladin Lite: NGC 6576