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NGC 6661

NGC 6661
Object NGC 6661 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

NGC 6661 - galaxy in the constellation Herculis
Type: S0-a - lenticular galaxy
The angular dimensions: 1.80'x1.1'
magnitude: V=12.1m; B=13.1m
The surface brightness: 12.6 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 18h34m36.7s; Dec= 22°54'33"
redshift (z): 0.014130
The distance from the Sun to NGC 6661: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 59.7 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 6661 : PGC 62072, NGC 6660, UGC 11282, MCG 4-44-3, CGCG 143-3, IRAS 18324+2252

Nearby objects: NGC 6659, NGC 6660, NGC 6662, NGC 6663

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