NGC 6098
| Galaxy NGC 6098 |
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![NGC 6099 (u) & NGC 6098 with LEDA 1593888 (lo) & LEDA 1592462 (lu) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6098_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6099 (u) & NGC 6098 with LEDA 1593888 (lo) & LEDA 1592462 (lu) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 15 m 34.2 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 27 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.030851 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (9249 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(418 ± 32) · 10 6 ly (128.2 ± 9.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6098 • UGC 10299 N01 • PGC 57634 • CGCG 108-170 N01 • MCG + 03-41-145 • VV 192b • 2MASS J16153418 + 1927431 • USGC U755 NED03 • KPG 493A | |
NGC 6098 is a 13.3 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 418 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across. Together with NGC 6099 , it forms the gravitationally bound, isolated galaxy pair KPG 493 .
The object was discovered by Truman Henry Safford on April 24, 1867 .
Web links
- NGC 6098. SIMBAD , accessed June 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6098. DSO Browser, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6098. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 2, 2016 (English).