NGC 6008
| Galaxy NGC 6008 |
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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 52 m 56.0 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 06 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 403 |
| Redshift | 0.016241 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (4869 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(222 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (68.0 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| diameter | 90,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6008 • UGC 10076 • PGC 56289 • CGCG 136-110 • MCG + 04-37-52 • IRAS 15507 + 2114 • 2MASX J15525603 + 2106017 • | |
NGC 6008 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB (r) b in the constellation Snake . It is about 222 million light years away from the Milky Way , around 90,000 light years across. Because of their similar distance and direction, NGC 6008 and PGC 56301 can be an interacting pair.
The galaxy was discovered on June 10, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .