NGC 6612
| Galaxy NGC 6612 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lyre |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 16 m 10.8 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 04 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 '× 0.7' |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021168 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 6346 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(292 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.6 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6612 • PGC 61665 • CGCG 200-014 • MCG + 06-40-011 • 2MASX J18161083 + 3604430 • GALEX ASC J181610.89 + 360443.1 | |
NGC 6612 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Lyra the northern sky . It is estimated to be 292 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.
The property was discovered by Lewis A. Swift in 1886 .