Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6179
NGC 6179PGC 58401
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 16h 30m 47.0s
- Declination
- +35° 06' 08"
- Size
- 21.6″ × 18.6″
- Position angle
- 24°
- Magnitude
- 16.0 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.56 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0-a
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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