NGC 6621
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ngc-6621-183-10707683
title:
NGC 6621
text:
NGC 6621 is an interacting spiral galaxy in the constellation Draco. It lies at a distance of about 260 million light-years. NGC 6621 interacts with NGC 6622, with their closest approach having taken place about 100 million years ago. The pair was discovered by Edward D. Swift and Lewis A. Swift on June 2, 1885. Originally NGC 6621 was assigned to the southeast galaxy, but now it refers to the northern one. NGC 6621 and NGC 6622 are included in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 81 in the cat
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Interacting galaxy in the constellation Draco
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6621
date created:
2018-12-27T07:42:53Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T22:22:19Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1146742","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1146742"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Hubble_Interacting_Galaxy_NGC_6621_%282008-04-24%29.jpg","width":3038,"height":1580}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16