NGC 6110

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Galaxy
NGC 6110
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NGC 6110 with LEDA 57742 [1] (right) SDSS image
NGC 6110 with LEDA 57742 (right) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Northern crown
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 17 m 44.0 s
declination + 35 ° 05 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sab  
Brightness  (visual) 14.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 612-005  
Redshift 0.030701 ± 0.000067  
Radial velocity (9204 ± 20) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(421 ± 29)  ·  10 6  ly
(129 ± 9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Édouard Stephan
Discovery date July 10, 1880
Catalog names
NGC  6110 • PGC  57751 • CGCG  196-027 • KUG  1615 + 352C • 2MASX  J16174401 + 3505134 • GALEX ASC J161743.95 + 350512.9

NGC 6110 is a 14.8  mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is an estimated 421 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6108 , NGC 6109 , NGC 6112 , NGC 6114 .

The object was discovered on July 7, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .

Web links

  • NGC 6110. SIMBAD , accessed June 2, 2016 .
  • NGC 6110. DSO Browser, accessed June 2, 2016 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6110. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 2, 2016 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6110
  4. Seligman