NGC 6083
| Galaxy NGC 6083 |
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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 13 m 12.6 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 11 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030941 ± 0.000163 |
| Radial velocity | (9276 ± 49) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(418 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (128.3 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 21, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6083 • PGC 57520 • CGCG 079-080 • MCG + 02-41-20 • GC 5809 • | |
NGC 6083 is a 14.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky , the estimated 418 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center.
The object was discovered on June 21, 1876 by the French astronomer Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6083. SIMBAD, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- NGC 6083. DSO Browser, accessed June 1, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6083. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 1, 2016 .