NGC 6113

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Galaxy
NGC 6113
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hercules
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 6113
  3. Seligman