NGC 6579
| Galaxy NGC 6579 |
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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 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 |
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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