NGC 6061
| Galaxy NGC 6061 |
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![NGC 6061 with SDSS J160617.63 + 181510.9 (l) & SDSS J160614.52 + 181455.8 (r) [1] SDSS recording](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6061_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6061 with SDSS J160617.63 + 181510.9 (l) & SDSS J160614.52 + 181455.8 (r) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 06 m 16.0 s |
| declination | + 18 ° 15 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 66 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 2151 WBL 607 |
| Redshift | 0.036839 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (11,044 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(498 ± 35) · 10 6 ly (152.6 ± 10.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6061 • UGC 10199 • PGC 57137 • CGCG 108-145 • MCG + 03-41-118 • 2MASX J16061598 + 1814592 • NVSS J160616 + 181459 • USGC U741 NED09 | |
NGC 6061 is a 14.3 mag bright elliptical quasar of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 498 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the Hercules galaxy cluster Abell 2151 . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6053 , IC 1189 , IC 1190 , IC 1191 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 8, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6061. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6061. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6061. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 .
- Spectrum .de: Labeled surrounding image