NGC 6123
| Galaxy NGC 6123 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 17 m 19.7 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 56 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 4 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.013289 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 3984 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(186 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.0 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6123 • UGC 10333 • PGC 57729 • CGCG 298-028 • MCG + 10-23-060 • 2MASX J16171975 + 6156207 • GALEX ASC J161719.62 + 615621.8 • KIG 734 • 2MIG 2226 | |
NGC 6123 is a 13.7 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 / a in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 186 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter. In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 1210 .
The property was discovered by Lewis A. Swift in 1885 .
Web links
- NGC 6123. SIMBAD , accessed June 5, 2016 .
- NGC 6123. DSO Browser, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6123. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 5, 2016 .