NGC 6601
| Galaxy NGC 6601 |
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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 44.3 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 27 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 654 |
| Redshift | 0.027022 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 8101 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(371 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (113.8 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 4th August 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6601 • PGC 61533 • CGCG 301-019 • MCG + 10-26-022 • 2MASX J18114437 + 6127121 • GALEX ASC J181144.36 + 612712.4 | |
NGC 6601 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 371 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6597 , NGC 6607 , NGC 6608 , NGC 6609 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 4, 1883 .