NGC 6585
| Galaxy NGC 6585 |
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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 21.8 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 37 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009457 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2835 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(136 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (41.6 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | May 25, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6585 • UGC 11159 • PGC 61553 • CGCG 227-020 • MCG + 07-37-024 • IRAS 18107 + 3937 • 2MASX J18122179 + 3937588 • NVSS J181221 + 393758 | |
NGC 6585 is a 12.9 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type "SBC" in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 136 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Edward D. Swift on May 25, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6585. SIMBAD, accessed October 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6585. DSO Browser, accessed October 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6585. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on October 19, 2016 (English).