NGC 6063
| Galaxy NGC 6063 |
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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 07 m 13.0 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 58 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 159 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009500 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2848 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(130 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.0 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 10, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6063 • UGC 10210 • PGC 57205 • CGCG 051-045 • MCG + 01-41-12 • IRAS F16047 + 0806 • | |
NGC 6063 is a 13.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation snake and about 130 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on June 10, 1882 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6063. SIMBAD, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6063. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6063. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).