NGC 6076
| Galaxy NGC 6076 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 11 m 13.4 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 52 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 + E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.0332 |
| Radial velocity | 9950 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(450 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (138.0 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 24, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6076 • UGC 10253 • PGC 57409, 200331 • CGCG 167-034 • MCG + 05-38-23 • GC 5805 • | |
NGC 6076 is a gravitationally bound double galaxy, consisting of the galaxies PGC 57409 and PGC 200331 . Both galaxies have an apparent magnitude of 14.4 mag and are elliptical galaxies of the Hubble type E0 + E1 in the constellation Northern Crown . They can only be resolved with modern instruments and were discovered as an object on June 24, 1864 by Albert Marth .
Web links
- NGC 6076. SIMBAD, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- NGC 6076. DSO Browser, accessed May 29, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6076. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 29, 2016 .