NGC 6117
Galaxy NGC 6117 |
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NGC 6117 & LEDA 57822 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Northern crown |
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 |
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 .