NGC 6032
Galaxy NGC 6032 |
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NGC 6032 with LEDA 214447 (o) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 03 m 01.1 s |
declination | + 20 ° 57 ′ 21 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) b: |
Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
Position angle | 0 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 6052 group LGG 403 |
Redshift | 0.014283 ± 0.000027 |
Radial velocity | (4282 ± 8) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.1 ± 4.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Édouard Stephan |
Discovery date | June 9, 1880 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6032 • UGC 10148 • PGC 56842 • CGCG 137-021 • MCG + 04-38-016 • IRAS 16008 + 2105 • 2MASX J16030112 + 2057215 • NSA 098754 • LDCE 1163 NED010 |
NGC 6032 is a 13.5 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 196 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light-years across. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6035 , NGC 6052 , NGC 6060 , NGC 6064 .
The object was discovered on June 9, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6032. SIMBAD , accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6032. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6032. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).