Galaxy · constellation Dra
NGC 6516
NGC 6516MCG +10-25-118PGC 61109
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 17h 55m 16.8s
- Declination
- +62° 40' 11"
- Size
- 44.4″ × 19.2″
- Position angle
- 146°
- Magnitude
- 15.7 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.68 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0-a
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Position in 1995ApJ...449..422H is incorrect.
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