NGC 6074
| Galaxy NGC 6074 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 11 m 17.0 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 15 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag 16.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag 17.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.0333 |
| Radial velocity | 9900 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(447 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (137.2 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 21, 1874 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6074 • PGC 57418/9 • CGCG 079-075 • MCG + 02-41-15 / 6 • GC 5804 • | |
NGC 6074 is a gravitationally bound double galaxy, consisting of the galaxies PGC 57419 and PGC 57418 . NGC 6074-1 or NGC 6074B is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S and has an apparent magnitude of 14.5 mag, PGC 57418 (also NGC 6074-2 or NGC 6074A ) is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered on June 21, 1874 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6074. SIMBAD, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6074. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6074. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 .