NGC 6619
| Galaxy NGC 6619 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 18 m 55.5 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 39 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 102 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016805 +/- 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 5038 +/- 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.5 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6619 • UGC 11200 • PGC 61721 • CGCG 142-039 • MCG + 04-43-025 • 2MASX J18185554 + 2339201 • | |
NGC 6619 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 233 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6623 and NGC 6628 , among others .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2012dz was observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1864 .