NGC 6006
Galaxy NGC 6006 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Snake |
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 |
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).