NGC 6126
| Galaxy NGC 6126 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Northern crown |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 21 m 27.9 s |
| declination | + 36 ° 22 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032553 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 9759 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(443 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (135.7 ± 9.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 19, 1880 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6126 • UGC 10353 • PGC 57908 • CGCG 196-046 • MCG + 06-36-35 • KUG 1619 + 364B • LDCE 1184 NED010 | |
NGC 6126 is a 13.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Corona Borealis and about 443 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 19, 1880 .
Web links
- NGC 6126. SIMBAD, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- NGC 6126. DSO Browser, accessed June 5, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6126. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 5, 2016 .