Galaxy · constellation Oct
NGC 6557
NGC 6557ESO 045-001PGC 61770
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 18h 21m 24.8s
- Declination
- -76° 34' 59"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 55.2″
- Position angle
- 77°
- Magnitude
- 14.0 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.35 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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