The area around NGC 6503 (ground-based image)
This image shows the area around galaxy NGC 6503. The galaxy, which lies about 18 000 000 light-years away is at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.
Credit:About the Image
| Id: | heic1513b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 June 2015, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1513 |
| Size: | 8945 x 9658 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6503 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 18 million light years |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 17 49 52.25 |
| Position (Dec): | 70° 12' 53.22" |
| Field of view: | 150.24 x 162.21 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 5.2° left of vertical |
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