NGC 6207

E922643

NGC 6207 is a relatively nearby, edge-on spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules, often observed in the same field of view as the globular cluster M13.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 6207 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf deep-sky object ⓘ
extragalactic object ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ
angularSeparationFrom M13 ⓘ
linked to: M 13
apparentMagnitudeV 11.4 ⓘ
apparentSize 3.0′ × 1.2′ ⓘ
bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason late spring to summer ⓘ
catalog New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber NGC 6207 ⓘ
constellation Hercules ⓘ
declination +36° 49′ 56″ ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel ⓘ
discoveredWith reflecting telescope ⓘ
discoveryDate 1787-05-16 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 30 million light-years ⓘ
about 9.2 megaparsecs ⓘ
epoch J2000 ⓘ
galaxyType unbarred spiral galaxy ⓘ
hasDustLanes yes ⓘ
hasNearbyObjectInField globular cluster M13 ⓘ
linked to: Messier 13
hasStructure central disk ⓘ
spiral arms ⓘ
hemisphereVisibility primarily northern ⓘ
hostGalaxyType field galaxy ⓘ
includedInCatalog MCG ⓘ
PGC ⓘ
UGC ⓘ
locatedIn Hercules constellation region of the sky ⓘ
local universe ⓘ
morphologicalType SA(s)c ⓘ
observationalClass galaxy near bright globular cluster ⓘ
oftenObservedWith Messier 13 ⓘ
orientation edge-on ⓘ
otherDesignation IRAS 16412+3655 ⓘ
MCG+06-37-030 ⓘ
PGC 58630 ⓘ
UGC 10470 ⓘ
radialVelocity about 852 km/s ⓘ
redshift 0.0016 ⓘ
rightAscension 16h 43m 03.7s ⓘ
skyLocationRelativeToM13 northeast of M13 ⓘ
surfaceBrightness low to moderate ⓘ
visibleInAmateurTelescopes yes ⓘ
wavelengthsObserved infrared ⓘ
optical ⓘ
radio ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M 13 → hasNearbyGalaxy → NGC 6207 ⓘ
Messier 13 → hasNearbyObject → NGC 6207 ⓘ
NGC 6207 → catalogNumber → NGC 6207 ⓘ