NGC 6017
| Galaxy NGC 6017 |
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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 57 m 15.4 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 59 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005964 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1788 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(83 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.3 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6017 • UGC 10098 • PGC 56475 • CGCG 051-008 • MCG + 01-41-003 • IRAS F15547 + 0608 • 2MASX J15571548 + 0559541 • GC 4150 • h 1941 • GALEX ASC J155715.42 + 055954.0 | |
NGC 6017 is a 13.2 mag bright spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S in the constellation Snake at the ecliptic . It is an estimated 83 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6014 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 24, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 6017. SIMBAD , accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6017. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6017. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).