NGC 6597
| Galaxy NGC 6597 |
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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 11 m 13.4 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 10 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027689 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | (8508 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(380 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (116.6 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 14, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6597 • PGC 61520 • CGCG 301-018 • MCG + 10-26-020 • 2MASX J18111349 + 6110502 • 2MASS J18111349 + 6110504 | |
NGC 6597 is a galaxy of Hubble type E? in the constellation Draco in the north star sky . It is estimated to be 380 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 6594 , NGC 6601 , NGC 6607 , NGC 6608 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on June 14, 1885 .