NGC 6592
| Galaxy NGC 6592 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 18 h 09 m 50.7 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 25 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.50 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027102 +/- 0.000197 |
| Radial velocity | 8332 +/- 60 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(372 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (114.1 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 14, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6592 • PGC 61477 • CGCG 301-016 • MCG + 10-26-018 • 2MASX J18095070 + 6125186 • GALEX ASC J180950.61 + 612519.6 • LDCE 1289 NED001 | |
NGC 6592 is a compact elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 372 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 6594 , NGC 6597 , NGC 6601 , NGC 6607 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 14, 1885 .