NGC 6078

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Galaxy
NGC 6078
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NGC 6078 with PGC 57459 (u) [1] SDSS image
NGC 6078 with PGC 57459 (u) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 12 m 05.4 s
declination + 14 ° 12 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 15.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.031282 ± 0.000147  
Radial velocity (9378 ± 44) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(423 ± 30)  x  10 6  ly
(129.7 ± 9.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date June 21, 1876
Catalog names
NGC  6078 • PGC  57460 • CGCG  079-076 • MCG  + 02-41-017 • 2MASX  J16120546 + 1412317 • GC  5807 • GALEX ASC J161205.42 + 141231.3 • LDCE 1180 NED002

NGC 6078 is a 15.2  mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 423 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6074 and NGC 6083 .

The Type Ia supernova SN 2011dv was observed here.

The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 21, 1876 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d SEDS: NGC 6078
  4. ↑ Simbad
  5. ↑ Seligman

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