NGC 6023
| Galaxy NGC 6023 |
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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 49.6 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 18 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2147 |
| Redshift | 0.037046 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | (11106 ± 25) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(500 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (153.4 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6023 • UGC 10106 • PGC 56492 • CGCG 108-021 • MCG + 03-41-10 • | |
NGC 6023 is a 13.3 mag bright elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Snake and about 500 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on May 19, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6023. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6023. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6023. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).