NGC 6609
| Galaxy NGC 6609 |
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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 33.6 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 19 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Insane |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 '× 0.7' |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 654 |
| Redshift | 0.027182 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 8149 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(373 ± 26) x 10 6 ly (114.5 ± 8.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 4th August 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6609 • PGC 61559 • CGCG 301-021 • MCG + 10-26-025 • 2MASX J18123354 + 6119551 • LDCE 1289 NED003 | |
NGC 6609 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type Irr in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 373 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6601 , NGC 6607 , NGC 6608 , IC 4708 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 4, 1883 .