NGC 6560

NGC 6560
SDSS image of NGC 6560
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	18h 05m 13.982s
Declination	+46° 52′ 53.53″
Redshift	0.023486
Heliocentric radial velocity	6958
Distance	303.87 ± 71.20 Mly (93.167 ± 21.831 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.4
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.2
Characteristics
Type	S
Size	1.2' × 0.8'
Other designations
NGC 6560, UGC 11117, MCG 8-33-19, ZWG 254.15, IRAS 18038+4652, PGC 61381

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

Supernovae

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.
• SN 2021qqn (Type Ia, mag. 18.5107) was discovered by ALeRCE on 21 June 2021.
• SN 2022oyp (Type II, mag. 19.6437) was discovered by ALeRCE on 17 July 2022.

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 6560 at Wikimedia Commons
• Deep Sky Browser - NGC6560^{[permanent dead link]}

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