NGC 6586
| Galaxy NGC 6586 |
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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 13 m 38.5 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 05 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010544 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 3161 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(149 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.7 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 27, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6586 • UGC 11164 • PGC 61600 • CGCG 142-028 • MCG + 04-43-16 • IRAS 18114 + 2104 • 2MASX J18133850 + 2105241 • GC 5903 • | |
NGC 6586 is a 13.8 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 149 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 27, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6586. SIMBAD, accessed October 19, 2016 .
- NGC 6586. DSO Browser, accessed October 19, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6586. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on October 19, 2016 (English).