NGC 6106
Galaxy NGC 6106 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 18 m 47.1 s |
declination | + 07 ° 24 ′ 39 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sc |
Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
Position angle | 140 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.004829 ± 0.000019 |
Radial velocity | (1448 ± 6) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(68 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.9 ± 1.5) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6106 • UGC 10328 • PGC 57799 • CGCG 052-001 • MCG + 01-41-16 • IRAS 16163 + 0731 • GC 4178 • H II 151 • h 1952 • |
NGC 6106 is a 12.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hercules and about 68 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 13, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "not vF, pL, iR, bM, r".