NGC 6196
| Galaxy NGC 6196 / IC 4615 |
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![NGC 6196 with LEDA 214518 (ru) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6196_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6196 with LEDA 214518 (ru) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 37 m 53.917 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 04 ′ 22.99 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0-: / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 621 |
| Redshift | 0.031435 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 9424 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(428 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (131.2 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6196 • IC 4615 • UGC 10482 • PGC 58644 • CGCG 196-088 • MCG + 06-36-058 • 2MASS J16375389 + 3604229 • LDCE 1199 NED003 • WISEA J163753.91 + 360422.9 | |
NGC 6196 = IC 4615 is a 13.0 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 428 million light years from the Milky Way and about 250,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6194 , NGC 6197 , IC 4614 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 9, 1864 . Due to a mistake in Marth's position, the observation of Guillaume Bigourdan on August 28, 1886 under IC 4615 led to an entry in the index catalog .
Web links
- NGC 6196. SIMBAD , accessed June 14, 2019 .
- NGC 6196. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6196. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .