NGC 6062
| Galaxy NGC 6062 |
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![NGC 6062 & LEDA 57146 with LEDA 1604252 (lu) [1] SDSS mount](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6062_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6062 & LEDA 57146 with LEDA 1604252 (lu) 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 22.8 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 46 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 10 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039084 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (11,717 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(528 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (161.9 ± 11.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 20, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6062 • UGC 10202 • PGC 57145 • CGCG 108-148 N02 • MCG + 03-41-125 • IRAS 16041 + 1954 • 2MASX J16062283 + 1946402 • NVSS J160622 + 194641 • HOLM 728A | |
NGC 6062 is a 13.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type "SBBC" in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 528 million light years from the Milky Way and about 185,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 57146 it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 728 . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6052 and NGC 6064 .
The object was discovered on June 20, 1884 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6062. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6062. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6062. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).