NGC 6090
| Galaxy NGC 6090 |
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| The pair of galaxies NGC 6090 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 11 m 40.7 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 27 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sd pec; LIRG HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029304 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | (8785 ± 12) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(400 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.6 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis A. Swift |
| Discovery date | June 24, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6090 • UGC 10267 • PGC 57437 • CGCG 275-029 / 276-002 • MCG + 09-26-64 • IRAS 16104 + 5235 • Mrk 496 • VV 626 • KCPG 486B • I Zw 135 | |
NGC 6090 is a merging pair of galaxies in the constellation Dragon , approximately 400 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on June 24, 1887 by the American astronomer Lewis A. Swift .
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