NGC 6077

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Galaxy
NGC 6077
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NGC 6077 with LEDA 1793078 (ro) [1] SDSS image
NGC 6077 with LEDA 1793078 (ro) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Northern crown
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 11 m 14.1 s
declination + 26 ° 55 ′ 24 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E1  
Brightness  (visual) 13.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 60 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032029 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity (9602 ± 22) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(434 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(133.2 ± 9.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date June 24, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  6077 • UGC  10254 • PGC  57408 • CGCG  167-035 • MCG  + 05-38-24 • 2MASX  J16111411 + 2655245 • GC  5806 • GALEX ASC J161113.90 + 265524.8 • USGC U749 NED01

NGC 6077 is a 13.8  may bright elliptical radio galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Northern Crown. It is an estimated 434 million light years from the Milky Way and about 155,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6076 and NGC 6096 .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 24, 1864 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6077
  4. ↑ Seligman

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