NGC 6650

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Galaxy
NGC 6650
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Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 25 m 28.0 s
declination + 68 ° 00 ′ 21 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 '× 0.4'
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023536 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 7056 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(325 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(99.5 ± 7.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date September 11, 1883
Catalog names
NGC  6650 • PGC  61857 • CGCG  322-043 • 2MASX  J18252791 + 6800208 • GALEX ASC J182528.09 + 680021.3 • LDCE 1305 NED001

NGC 6650 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 325 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on September 11, 1883 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6650
  3. Seligman