Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6581
NGC 6581IC 1280MCG +04-43-010PGC 61549
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 18h 12m 18.4s
- Declination
- +25° 39' 44"
- Size
- 36.0″ × 26.4″
- Position angle
- 5°
- Magnitude
- 15.3 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.10 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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