NGC 6607
| Galaxy NGC 6607 |
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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 12 m 14.7 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 19 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 '× 0.5' |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022596 |
| Radial velocity | 6774 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(312 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (95.6 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 4th August 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6607 • PGC 61550 • CGCG 301-020 • MCG + 10-26-023 • 2MASX J18121472 + 6119581 • GALEX ASC J181214.90 + 611957.6 | |
NGC 6607 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Draco the northern sky , an estimated 312 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6597 , NGC 6601 , NGC 6608 , NGC 6609 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 4, 1883 .