NGC 6034
| Galaxy NGC 6034 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 03 m 32.1 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 11 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2151, NGC-6034 group |
| Redshift | 0.033880 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | (10.157 ± 29) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(458 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (140.4 ± 9.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6034 • PGC 56877 • CGCG 108-084 • MCG + 03-41-62 • 2MASX J16033205 + 1711546 • GALEX ASC J160332.12 + 171154.4 | |
NGC 6034 is a 13.6 likes bright elliptical radio galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 458 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 135,000 ly. The galaxy is considered a member of the Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151 . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6039 , IC 1170 , IC 1173 , IC 1186 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 19, 1886 .
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