NGC 6594
| Galaxy NGC 6594 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 10 m 05.5 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 08 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026962 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (8290 ± 51) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(371 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (113.6 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 14, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6594 • PGC 61482 • CGCG 301-017 • MCG + 10-26-019 • IRAS F18094 + 6107 • 2MASX J18100555 + 6108006 • GALEX ASC J181005.51 + 610759.2 • LDCE 1289 NED002 | |
NGC 6594 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 371 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 light years . a. the galaxies NGC 6592 , NGC 6597 , NGC 6601 , NGC 6607 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 14, 1885 .