NGC 6008B
| Galaxy NGC 6008B |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 53 m 08.3 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 04 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 403 |
| Redshift | 0.017075 +/- 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | 5119 +/- 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (71.5 ± 5.0) Mpc |
| diameter | 50,000 ly |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6008B • PGC 56301 • CGCG 136-112 • MCG + 04-37-54 • | |
NGC 6008B is a 14 mag. bright, lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Snake . It is gravitationally bound to NGC 6008 . It is located 233 million light years from the Milky Way and is 50,000 light years across.