NGC 6109
| Galaxy NGC 6109 |
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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 17 m 40.5 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 00 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 / LERG / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 612-004 |
| Redshift | 0.029544 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (8857 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(402 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (123.3 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 7, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6109 • UGC 10316 • PGC 57748 • CGCG 196-026 • MCG + 06-36-016 • KUG 1615 + 351C • 2MASX J16174059 + 3500154 • GALEX ASC NED004 J161740.59 + 350014.6 • GIN 558 • LDCE 1184 NED005 | |
NGC 6109 is a 13.0 likes bright lenticular galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type S0 in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is an estimated 402 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6107 , NGC 6108 , NGC 6110 , NGC 6112 .
The Type Ia supernovae SN 2003ia and SN 2010an were observed here.
The object was discovered on July 7, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6109. SIMBAD , accessed June 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6109. DSO Browser, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6109. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 2, 2016 .