NGC 6007

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Galaxy
NGC 6007
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 15 h 53 m 23.2 s
declination + 11 ° 57 ′ 33 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SABbc: / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 65 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.035184 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity (10548 ± 5) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(475 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(145.5 ± 10.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date June 2, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6007 • UGC  10079 • PGC  56309 • CGCG  078-095 • MCG  + 02-40-18 • IRAS  15510 + 1206 • 2MASX  J15532317 + 1157327 • GC  5790 •

NGC 6007 is a 13.1  mag bar -spiral spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble-type SBcd in the constellation Snake , which is an estimated 475 million light years from the Milky Way . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6006 and NGC 6009 .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 2, 1864 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6007
  3. Seligman

Web links

  • NGC 6007. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
  • NGC 6007. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6007. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).