NGC 6000
| Galaxy NGC 6000 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Scorpio |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 49 m 49.5 s |
| declination | -29 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc: / HII / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 154 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007315 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (2193 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(96 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (29.3 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6000 • PGC 56145 • ESO 450-G020 • MCG -05-37-003 • IRAS 15467-2914 • 2MASX J15494955-2923124 • | |
NGC 6000 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBbc in the constellation Scorpio on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 96 million light-years from the Milky Way and is classified as a Starburst Galaxy.
The galaxy was discovered on May 8, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch mirror telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .