NGC 6003
| Galaxy NGC 6003 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 49 m 25.6 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 01 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013132 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | (3937 ± 12) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1879 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6003 • UGC 10048 • PGC 56130 • CGCG 107-043 • MCG + 03-40-48 • 2MASX J15492562 + 1901551 • LDCE 1152 NED001 | |
NGC 6003 is a 13.4 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation snake , an estimated 180 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 19, 1879 .