NGC 6710
| Galaxy NGC 6710 |
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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 50 m 34.1 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 + ?; HSB |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 x 1.0 |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 424 |
| Redshift | 0.015184 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4552 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(212 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.1 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | August 3, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6710 • UGC 11364 • PGC 62482 • CGCG 143-027 • MCG + 04-44-019 • 2MASX J18503415 + 2650180 • | |
NGC 6710 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Lyra in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 212 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 3, 1864 .