Astronomy:NGC 6566
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Short description: Elliptical galaxy in the constellation Draco
| NGC 6566 | |
|---|---|
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension | 18h 07m 00.65042s[1] |
| Declination | +52° 15′ 36.6716″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.01768[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 5252 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 250.6 ± 17.7 Mly (76.84 ± 5.43 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 15.47[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | cE[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG+09-30-001, PGC 61418[2] | |
NGC 6566 is a compact[4] elliptical galaxy[4] within the constellation Draco. It is located about 250 million light-years (80 Mpc)[3] away from the Sun.[3] It was discovered on October 27, 1861 by the astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 6566". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6566.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Results for object NGC 6566 (NGC 6566)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%206566&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Search specification: NGC 6566". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%206566. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6550 - 6599" (in en-US). https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc65a.htm.
External links
- NED NGC 6566
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