NGC 6016
| Galaxy NGC 6016 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 55 m 54.9 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 57 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 26 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021642 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | (6488 ± 8) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(295 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.4 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6016 • UGC 10096 • PGC 56410 • CGCG 167-004 • MCG + 05-38-01 • IRAS 15538 + 2706 • 2MASX J15555482 + 2657587 • GC 5793 • | |
NGC 6016 is a 14.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Corona Borealis . It is estimated to be 299 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6016. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6016. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6016. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).