NGC 6120
| Galaxy NGC 6120 |
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![NGC 6120 & NGC 6119 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6120_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6120 & NGC 6119 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 48.1 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 46 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sd / pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 18 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030634 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | (9184 ± 17) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(417 ± 29) · 10 6 Lj (127.9 ± 9.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6120 • UGC 10343 • PGC 57842 • CGCG 196-041 • MCG + 06-36-029 • IRAS 16180 + 3753 • KUG 1618 + 378 • 2MASX J16194809 + 3746282 • GC 4182 • H III 623 • h 1955 • NSA 54155 • LDCE 1184 NED008 • HOLM 739A | |
NGC 6120 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SD in the constellation Corona Borealis. It is an estimated 417 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6117 , NGC 6119 , NGC 6122 , NGC 6129 .
The object was discovered on March 17, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, which she labeled “vF, vS, north 2 stars. 300 power confirmed ”.