NGC 6118
| Galaxy NGC 6118 |
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| Admission from the VLT | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- ESO: Explosions in Majestic Spiral Beauties December 1, 2004