Galaxy · constellation Her
NGC 6518
NGC 6518MCG +05-42-024PGC 61238
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 59m 43.7s
- Declination
- +28° 52' 00"
- Size
- 48.0″ × 38.4″
- Position angle
- 53°
- Magnitude
- 14.9 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.29 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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