NGC 6568

Summary

NGC 6568 is a galaxy^[1]. NGC 6568 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6568 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6568's image is recorded as NGC 6568 PanS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6568's instance of is recorded as galaxy^[5].
• NGC 6568's constellation is recorded as Sagittarius^[6].
• NGC 6568's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6568^[7].
• NGC 6568's catalog code is recorded as OCl 28.0^[8].
• NGC 6568's catalog code is recorded as C 1809-216^[9].
• NGC 6568's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 2841^[10].
• NGC 6568's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1786-05-26T00:00:00Z^[11].
• NGC 6568's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.6'}^[12].
• NGC 6568's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+1000'}^[13].
• NGC 6568's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121qfkjk^[14].
• NGC 6568's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6568^[15].
• NGC 6568's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6568^[16].
• NGC 6568's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+273.175'}^[17].
• NGC 6568's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-21.600'}^[18].
• NGC 6568's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[19].
• NGC 6568's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-2.12'}^[20].
• NGC 6568's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-0.47'}^[21].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 6568 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6568 has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]