NGC 6048
| Galaxy NGC 6048 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 57 m 30.2 s |
| declination | + 70 ° 41 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025718 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (7710 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(352 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.0 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1791 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6048 • UGC 10124 • PGC 56484 • CGCG 338-032 • MCG + 12-15-38 • 2MASX J15573014 + 7041207 • GC 4158 • H II 873 • LDCE 1165 NED001 | |
NGC 6048 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation Small bear on northern sky . It is estimated to be 352 million light years from the Milky Way and about 225,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1187 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on May 6, 1791 .