NGC 6117
| Galaxy NGC 6117 |
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![NGC 6117 & LEDA 57822 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6117_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6117 & LEDA 57822 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 19 m 18.1 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 05 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2199 |
| Redshift | 0.028605 ± 0.000089 |
| Radial velocity | 8576 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(390 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (119.5 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 5, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6117, 6117A • UGC 10338 • PGC 57816 • CGCG 196-036 • MCG + 06-36-022 • IRAS 16174 + 3712 • 2MASX J16191819 + 3705430 • GC 5814 • NSA 54168 • HOLM 737A | |
NGC 6117 (also NGC 6117A ) is a 13.8 mag bright spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Northern Crown . It is estimated to be 390 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. Together with the non-NGC object PGC 57822 (also NGC 6117B ), it forms an optical pair of galaxies.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6119 , NGC 6120 , NGC 6122 , NGC 6126 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 5, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6117. SIMBAD , accessed June 5, 2016 .
- NGC 6117. DSO Browser, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6117. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 5, 2016 .