NGC 6047
| Galaxy NGC 6047 |
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![LEDA 57043 (lu), NGC 6047, NGC 6045 (top), LEDA 1540505 (ro) [1] (SDSS mount)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6047_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| LEDA 57043 (lu), NGC 6047, NGC 6045 (top), LEDA 1540505 (ro) ( SDSS image) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 09.0 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 43 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Hercules Cluster Abell 2151 WBL 607 |
| Redshift | 0.031262 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | (9372 ± 18) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(423 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (129.7 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6047 • PGC 57033 • CGCG 108-111 • MCG + 03-41-087 • 2MASX J16050900 + 1743478 • NVSS J160509 + 174348 • NSA 146638 | |
NGC 6047 is a 13.7 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 423 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is a member of the Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6039 , NGC 6043 , NGC 6045 , NGC 6050 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 27, 1886 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 6047 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- NGC 6047. SIMBAD , accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6047. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6047. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).
- Spectrum .de: Labeled surrounding image