NGC 6560

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NGC 6560
SDSS image of NGC 6560
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension18h 05m 13.982s[1]
Declination+46° 52′ 53.53″[1]
Redshift0.023486[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity6958[1]
Distance303.87 ± 71.20 Mly (93.167 ± 21.831 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.4
Apparent magnitude (B)14.2
Characteristics
TypeS
Size1.2' × 0.8'
Other designations
NGC 6560, UGC 11117, MCG 8-33-19, ZWG 254.15, IRAS 18038+4652, PGC 61381[1]

NGC 6560 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on 22 October 1886.[3]

Supernovae

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Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 6560:

  • SN 2021brb (Type II, mag. 18.8747) was discovered by Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 3 February 2021.[4]
  • SN 2021qqn (Type Ia, mag. 18.5107) was discovered by ALeRCE on 21 June 2021.[5]
  • SN 2022oyp (Type II, mag. 19.6437) was discovered by ALeRCE on 17 July 2022.[6]

References

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  • Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
  • Deep Sky Browser - NGC6560[permanent dead link]