NGC 6579
Galaxy NGC 6579 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 18 h 12 m 31.81 s |
declination | + 21 ° 25 ′ 14.5 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S. |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Surface brightness | 11.6 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 652 |
Redshift | 0.016561 ± 0.000117 |
Radial velocity | 4965 ± 35 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(230 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.4 ± 5.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | August 7, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6579 • UGC 11153 N01 • PGC 61562 • CGCG 142-022 N01 • MCG + 04-43-011 • GC 5900 • WISEA J181231.80 + 212514.1 • HOLM 775B |
NGC 6579 is a 13.7 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 230 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years across. Together with NGC 6580 , it forms the (optical) galaxy pair Holm 775 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6571 , NGC 6576 , NGC 6577 , NGC 6586 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 7, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6579. SIMBAD , accessed September 19, 2019 .
- NGC 6579. DSO Browser, accessed September 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6579. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed September 19, 2016 .
- Aladin Lite: NGC 6579