NGC 6060
| Galaxy NGC 6060 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 05 m 52.0 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 29 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 6052 group LGG 403 |
| Redshift | 0.014807 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (4439 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(203 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.3 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 22, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6060 • UGC 10196 • PGC 57110 • CGCG 137-036 • MCG + 04-38-025 • IRAS 16036 + 2137 • 2MASX J16055197 + 2129059 • GC 5803 • HIPASS J1605 + 21 • LDCE 1163 NED012 | |
NGC 6060 is a 13.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 203 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6032 , NGC 6035 , NGC 6052 , NGC 6064 .
The type IIb supernova SN 1997dd was observed here.
The object was discovered on June 22, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6060. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6060. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6060. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).