NGC 6011
| Galaxy NGC 6011 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 46 m 32.9 s |
| declination | + 72 ° 10 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024941 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (7477 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(342 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (104.8 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 16, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6011 • UGC 10047 • PGC 56008 • CGCG 338-017 • MCG + 12-15-16 • GC 4146 • H III 313 • LDCE 1142 NED003 | |
NGC 6011 is a 13.5 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Little Bear and about 342 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 16, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, vS, lE".