NGC 6071

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Galaxy
NGC 6071
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Constellation Little Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 02 m 07.0 s
declination + 70 ° 25 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E-S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025214 ± 0.000113  
Radial velocity (7559 ± 34) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(346 ± 24)  x  10 6  ly
(106.0 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date May 6, 1791
Catalog names
NGC  6071 • UGC  10157 • PGC  56767 • CGCG  338-041 • MCG  + 12-15-047 • IRAS  16011 + 7044 • 2MASX  J16020708 + 7025018 • GC  4165 • H  III 883 • GALEX ASC J160207.27 + 702500.0 • LDCE 1165 NED002

NGC 6071 is a 14.0  mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Little Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 346 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6079 and IC 1187 .

The object was discovered on May 6, 1791 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, vS, verified with 300 powe".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6071
  3. Seligman
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6071. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 30, 2016 (English).