NGC 6029

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Galaxy
NGC 6029
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 01 m 58.9 s
declination + 12 ° 34 ′ 26 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 5 °
Surface brightness 15.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.034546 ± 0.000012  
Radial velocity (10357 ± 4) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(466 ± 33)  ·  10 6  ly
(143 ± 10)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date June 2, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6029 • PGC  56756 • CGCG  79-23 • KUG  1559 + 127 • GC  5795 •

NGC 6029 is a 14.5  mag bright compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Snake . It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 2, 1864 .

Web links

  • NGC 6029. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
  • NGC 6029. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6029. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6029
  3. Seligman