NGC 6615
| Galaxy NGC 6615 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake bearer |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 18 m 33.5 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 15 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008950 +/- 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | 2683 +/- 52 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(127 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (38.9 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6615 • UGC 11196 • PGC 61713 • CGCG 084-034 • MCG + 02-46-013 • 2MASX J18183348 + 1315541 • LDCE 1292 NED004 | |
NGC 6615 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Serpent Bearer on the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 127 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 45,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 9, 1863 .