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EntityQ1146449· pop 26

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.018519
Morphology
SO
Coordinates
RA 275.3529° · Dec -76.5834°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Octans
Distance from Earth
53.58
Image
NGC 6557.png
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redshift
0.018503
catalog code
SUMSS J182124-763459
time of discovery or invention
1835-06-30
discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
right ascension
275.35286375
apparent magnitude
9.251
galaxy morphological type
S...
declination
-76.58337444
radial velocity
5500
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 6557

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