NGC 6104
| Galaxy NGC 6104 |
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![NGC 6104 with LEDA 2069189 [1] (ro) SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6104_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6104 with LEDA 2069189 (ro) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 16 m 30.7 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 42 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S (R) pec / Sy1.5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028116 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (8429 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(383 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.4 ± 8.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 16, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6104 • UGC 10309 • PGC 57684 • CGCG 196-020 • MCG + 06-36-011 • IRAS 16146 + 3549 • 2MASX J16163069 + 3542291 • GC 4177 • H III 688 • h 1951 • NVSS J161630 + 354229 | |
NGC 6104 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 383 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6108 , NGC 6110 , NGC 6112 , NGC 6114 .
The object was discovered on May 16, 1787 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .
High-resolution image of the spiral galaxy NGC 6104, created with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope
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