NGC 6075
| Galaxy NGC 6075 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 11 m 22.6 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 57 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032045 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (9607 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(434 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (133.2 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6075 • IC 4594 • PGC 57426 • CGCG 137-055 • MCG + 04-38-38 • VV 380 • GALEX ASC J161122.58 + 235753.5 • LDCE 1175 NED002 | |
NGC 6075 = IC 4594 is a 14.2 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 434 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on June 27, 1881 by Édouard Stephan . Due to an error in its position, the observation by Stéphane Javelle was added to the index catalog on July 20, 1903 under IC 4594 .
Web links
- NGC 6075. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6075. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6075. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).