NGC 6606
| Galaxy NGC 6606 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lyre |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 14 m 41.6 s |
| declination | + 43 ° 16 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019257 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 5773 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (81.9 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | August 8, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6606 • UGC 11174 • PGC 61633 • CGCG 227-021 • MCG + 07-37-025 • 2MASX J18144160 + 4316068 • GALEX ASC J181441.40 + 431606.5 | |
NGC 6606 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Lyra the northern sky . It is estimated to be 267 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on August 8, 1883 .