NGC 6006
| Galaxy NGC 6006 |
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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 53 m 02.5 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 00 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034938 ± 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | (10,474 ± 46) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(471 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (144.5 ± 10.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 2, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6006 • PGC 56295 • CGCG 078-093 • IRAS F15506 + 1209 • 2MASX J15530253 + 1200191 • Mrk 862 • GC 5789 • | |
NGC 6006 is a 14.2 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation snake , an estimated 471 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. The galaxies NGC 6007 and NGC 6009 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 2, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6006. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6006. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6006. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).