NGC 6102
| Galaxy NGC 6102 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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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 |
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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 .