NGC 6020
| Galaxy NGC 6020 |
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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 08.1 s |
| declination | + 22 ° 24 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 403 |
| Redshift | 0.014367 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | (4307 ± 16) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(197 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.4 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1866 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6020 • IC 1148 • UGC 10100 • PGC 56467 • CGCG 137-005 • MCG + 04-38-02 • 2MASX J15570811 + 2224163 • GC 5794 • | |
NGC 6020 is a 12.8 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation snake and about 197 million light-years from the Milky Way center. It was discovered by Truman Safford on May 9, 1866 .
The entry under IC 1148 in the index catalog is attributable to Dreyer , who did not recognize that Safford's double observation notes only belonged to one object.