NGC 6600

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NGC 6600
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NGC 6600 Captured by PAN-STARRS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Hercules
Right ascension 18h 19m 41.30s [1]
Declination +63° 06′ 42.0″ [1]
Redshift 0.018079 [1]
Distance 310 Mly (93 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.6 [1]
Characteristics
Type Sc [1]
Size100,000 ly
Apparent size  (V)1.23′ × 1.148′ [1]
Other designations
NGC 6599, [1] PGC 61655, UGC 11178, CGCG 142-031, MCG +04-43-019

NGC 6600 (NGC 6599 duplicate [2] ) is a lenticular galaxy roughly 310 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. [1] NGC 6600 was discovered in 1864 by Albert Marth. [3] Unlike our own Milky Way, NGC 6600 boasts a tightly wound structure, swirling with stars and gas. [4] [1]

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Characteristics

NGC 6600 appears as combination of blue and white hues, these colors emanate from its young, hot stars. As these stars age and cool down, their colors shift towards red. [5] [4]

One of the key tools astronomers use to understand galaxies like NGC 6600 is redshift. [3] This phenomenon occurs when light waves from an object moving away from us stretch out, shifting their colors towards the red end of the spectrum. [5] [3]

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References

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  4. 1 2 "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  5. 1 2 Ford, Dominic. "The New General Catalogue (NGC)". In-The-Sky.org. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
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