NGC 6112
| Galaxy NGC 6112 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 16 h 18 m 00.5 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 06 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 69 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 612-006 |
| Redshift | 0.031085 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | (9319 ± 19) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(423 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (129.6 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 7, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6112 • PGC 57762 • CGCG 196-028 • MCG + 06-36-017 • KUG 1616 + 352A • 2MASX J16180057 + 3506367 • GALEX ASC J161800.42 + 350636.3 • GIN 557 • LDCE 1184 NED006 | |
NGC 6112 is a 14.4 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble-type E2 in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is an estimated 423 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6108 , NGC 6109 , NGC 6110 , NGC 6114 .
The object was discovered on July 7, 1880 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6112. SIMBAD , accessed June 2, 2016 .
- NGC 6112. DSO Browser, accessed June 2, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6112. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 2, 2016 .