NGC 6051
| Galaxy NGC 6051 |
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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 56.7 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 55 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD / E |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031949 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (9578 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(433 ± 30) x 10 6 ly (132.7 ± 9.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 20, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6051 • UGC 10178 • PGC 57006 • CGCG 137-030 • MCG + 04-38-021 • 2MASX J16045670 + 2355583 • GALEXASC J160456.53 + 235559.6 • GIN 487 | |
NGC 6051 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E3 in the constellation Serpens, near the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 433 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 205,000 ly. In the same area of the sky there is a. a. the galaxy IC 4588 .
The object was discovered on June 20, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .