NGC 6037
| Galaxy NGC 6037 |
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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 | 16 h 04 m 29.9 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 48 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019238 ± 0.000167 |
| Radial velocity | (5767 ± 50) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.8 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 23, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6037 • PGC 56947 • CGCG 051-031 • MCG + 01-41-90 • 2MASX J16042987 + 0348549 • GC 5798 • LDCE 1169 NED001 | |
NGC 6037 is a 14.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sab in the constellation snake and about 260 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 23, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6037. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6037. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6037. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).