NGC 6065
| Galaxy NGC 6065 |
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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 22.9 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 53 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 6 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 609 |
| Redshift | 0.033953 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | (10179 ± 42) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(459 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (140.6 ± 9.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6065 • PGC 57215 • CGCG 079-051 • MCG + 02-41-08 • GALEX ASC J160722.96 + 135317.3 • USGC U745 NED03 • NVSS J160723 + 135316 | |
NGC 6065 is a 14.0 likes bright lenticular radio galaxy from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Serpens north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 459 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6066 and IC 1169 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 19, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6065. SIMBAD , accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6065. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6065. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 (English).