NGC 6671

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Galaxy
NGC 6671
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Constellation lyre
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 18 h 37 m 26.1 s
declination + 26 ° 25 ′ 02 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.50 × 1.3
Position angle 27 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.010724 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 3215 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(152 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(46.7 ± 3.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date June 6, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6671 • UGC  11299 • PGC  62148 • MCG  + 04-44-006 • IRAS  18354 + 2622 • 2MASX  J18372616 + 2625018 •

NGC 6671 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Lyra the northern sky . It is an estimated 152 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1864 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6671
  3. Seligman