NGC 6113
| Galaxy NGC 6113 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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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 |
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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 .