NGC 6113
Galaxy NGC 6113 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hercules |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 16 h 19 m 10.5 s |
declination | + 14 ° 08 ′ 01 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 147 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.029801 ± 0.000143 |
Radial velocity | (8934 ± 43) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(403 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (123.7 ± 8.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Lewis Swift |
Discovery date | June 19, 1887 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6113 • PGC 57807 • CGCG 080-004 • MCG + 02-41-24 • LDCE 1180 NED005 |
NGC 6113 is a 14.1 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Hercules and about 403 million light-years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 19, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6113. SIMBAD, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- NGC 6113. DSO Browser, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6113. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 5, 2016 .