NGC 6593
| Galaxy NGC 6593 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 14 m 03.5 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 17 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 × 0.4 |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016288 +/- 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | 4883 +/- 55 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(226 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (69.3 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6593 • PGC 61617 • CGCG 142-030 • MCG + 04-43-018 • 2MASX J18140351 + 2217015 • LDCE 1291 NED009 | |
NGC 6593 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 226 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 10, 1864 .