NGC 6118

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Galaxy
NGC 6118
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Admission from the VLT
Admission from the VLT
AladinLite
Constellation Snake
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 21 m 48.6 s
declination -02 ° 17 ′ 02.8 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (s) cd / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 11.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.4 mag
Angular expansion 4.7 ′ × 1.9 ′
Position angle 58 °
Surface brightness 13.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation isolated  
Redshift 0.005247 ± 0.000005  
Radial velocity 1573 ± 1 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(72 ± 5)  x  10 6  ly
(22.2 ± 1.6)  Mpc 
diameter 100,000 ly
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 14, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  6118 • UGC  10350 • PGC  57924 • CGCG  024-008 • MCG  + 00-42-002 • IRAS  16192-0210 • 2MASX  J16214862-0217003 • GC  4180 • H  II 402 • h  1953 • Kara 736 • KIG 736 • 2MIG 2235

NGC 6118 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Sc in the constellation Serpens north of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 72 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6172 .

The Type Ib Supernova 2004dk was observed here.

The object was discovered on April 14, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 6118  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS: NGC 6118
  3. Simbad
  4. cseligman.com