NGC 6102
Galaxy NGC 6102 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Northern crown |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 15 m 36.9 s |
declination | + 28 ° 09 ′ 31 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 70 ° |
Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.025101 ± 0.000009 |
Radial velocity | (7525 ± 3) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(342 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (104.8 ± 7.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | June 24, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6102 • UGC 10300 • PGC 57639 • CGCG 167-060 • MCG + 05-38-47 • KUG 1613 + 282 • 2MASX J16153687 + 2809307 • GC 5813 • |
NGC 6102 is a 14.4 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "Sc" in the constellation Northern Crown . It is estimated to be 342 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 24, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6102. SIMBAD, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6102. DSO Browser, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6102. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 2, 2016 .