NGC 6075

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Galaxy
NGC 6075
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 11 m 22.6 s
declination + 23 ° 57 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E / S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032045 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity (9607 ± 15) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(434 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(133.2 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date June 27, 1881
Catalog names
NGC  6075 • IC  4594 • PGC  57426 • CGCG  137-055 • MCG  + 04-38-38 • VV  380 • GALEX ASC J161122.58 + 235753.5 • LDCE 1175 NED002

NGC 6075 = IC 4594 is a 14.2  mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 434 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered on June 27, 1881 by Édouard Stephan . Due to an error in its position, the observation by Stéphane Javelle was added to the index catalog on July 20, 1903 under IC 4594 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6075
  3. Seligman