NGC 6560
| NGC 6560 | |
|---|---|
 SDSSimage of NGC 6560 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 18h05m13.982s[1] |
| Declination | +46° 52′ 53.53″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.023486[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 6958[1] |
| Distance | 303.87 ± 71.20Mly(93.167 ± 21.831Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude(V) | 13.4 |
| Apparent magnitude(B) | 14.2 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S |
| Size | 1.2' × 0.8' |
| Other designations | |
| NGC6560,UGC11117,MCG8-33-19,ZWG254.15,IRAS18038+4652,PGC61381[1] | |
NGC 6560is aspiral galaxylocated in theconstellation Hercules.It was discovered byLewis A. Swifton 22 October 1886.[3]
Threesupernovaehave been observed in NGC 6560: SN 2021brb (type II,mag. 18.8),[4]SN 2021qqn (type Ia,mag. 18.5),[5]and SN 2022oyp (type II, mag. 19.6).[6]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"NGC 6560".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.
- ^"NED results for object NGC 6560".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.
- ^"SkyView Images - NGC 6560".SkyView.Retrieved5 August2014.
- ^Transient Name Server entry for SN 2021brb.Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^Transient Name Server entry for SN 2021qqn.Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^Transient Name Server entry for SN 2022oyp.Retrieved 25 March 2023.
External links
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Media related toNGC 6560at Wikimedia Commons- Deep Sky Browser - NGC6560[permanent dead link]
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