NGC 6132
| Galaxy NGC 6132 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 23 m 38.8 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 47 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016548 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 4961 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(226 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (69.2 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | July 16, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6132 • IC 4602 • UGC 10363 • PGC 58002 • CGCG 080-020 • MCG + 02-42-02 • IRAS 16213 + 1153 • GC 5815 • | |
NGC 6132 = IC 4602 is a 13.9 likes bright spiral radio galaxy from the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Hercules , and is 226 million light years from the Milky Way center. It was discovered on July 16, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Lewis A. Swift's observation of this galaxy on July 22, 1897 shows a positional error and thus led to an entry in the index catalog under IC 4602 .
Web links
- NGC 6132. SIMBAD, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- NGC 6132. DSO Browser, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6132. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 8, 2016 .