NGC 6111
| Galaxy NGC 6111 |
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![NGC 6111 & LEDA 57569 [1] (r) SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6111_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6111 & LEDA 57569 (r) SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 14 m 22.4 s |
| declination | + 63 ° 15 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.031502 |
| Radial velocity | 9444 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(430 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (131.8 ± 9.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 31, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6111 • PGC 57579 • CGCG 320-014 • MCG + 11-20-007 • 2MASX J16142217 + 6315400 • | |
NGC 6111 is a 14.2 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 430 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 1210 and IC 1212 .
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on May 31, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6111. SIMBAD , accessed June 5, 2016 .
- NGC 6111. DSO Browser, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6111. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 5, 2016 .