Galaxy · constellation Dra
NGC 6609
NGC 6609MCG +10-26-025PGC 61559
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 18h 12m 33.6s
- Declination
- +61° 19' 55"
- Size
- 49.8″ × 43.2″
- Position angle
- 81°
- Magnitude
- 15.2 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.74 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
MCG misidentifies this object as NGC 6608.
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