NGC 6131
| Galaxy NGC 6131 |
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![NGC 6131 with LEDA 57932 (lu) & LEDA 2140377 (o) [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6131_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6131 with LEDA 57932 (lu) & LEDA 2140377 (o) 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 21 m 52.2 s |
| declination | + 38 ° 55 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABcd: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.017068 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 5117 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(235 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (72.2 ± 5.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 15, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6131 • 6131A • UGC 10356 • PGC 57927 • CGCG 224-004 • MCG + 07-34-004 • IRAS 16201 + 3902 • KUG 1620 + 390A • 2MASX J16215222 + 3855566 • NSA 54209 • HOLM 742A | |
NGC 6131 (also NGC 6131A ) is a 13.1 mag bright bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble-type SBc in the constellation Northern Crown . It is estimated to be 235 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across. Together with PGC 57932 (also NGC 6131B ) it forms the galaxy pair Holm 742 .
In the same area of the sky there is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6129 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 15, 1882 .
Web links
- NGC 6131. SIMBAD , accessed June 8, 2016 .
- NGC 6131. DSO Browser, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6131. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 8, 2016 .