NGC 6119
| Galaxy NGC 6119 |
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![NGC 6119 & NGC 6120 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6119_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6119 & NGC 6120 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 42.0 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 48 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 87 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2199 |
| Redshift | 0.030673 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 9196 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(417 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (128.0 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6119 • PGC 57837 • CGCG 196-040 • MCG + 06-36-026 • KUG 1617 + 379 • 2MASX J16194193 + 3748222 • GC 4181 • h 1954 • GALEX ASC J161941.84 + 374822.3 • USGC U761 NED09 | |
NGC 6119 is a 15.3 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Corona Borealis . It is an estimated 417 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6117 , NGC 6120 , NGC 6122 , NGC 6129 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 27, 1827 .
Web links
- NGC 6119. SIMBAD , accessed June 5, 2016 .
- NGC 6119. DSO Browser, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6119. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 5, 2016 .