NGC 6135
| Galaxy NGC 6135 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 14 m 24.9 s |
| declination | + 64 ° 58 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012155 +/- 0.000287 |
| Radial velocity | 3644 +/- 86 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (52.4 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6135 • PGC 57580 • CGCG 320-015 • MCG + 11-20-08 • IRAS 16139 + 6506 • 2MASX J16142487 + 6458581 • | |
NGC 6135 is a 14.2 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 171 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 1212 and IC 1214 .
The object was discovered on July 9, 1886 by Lewis A. Swift .
Web links
- NGC 6135. SIMBAD, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- NGC 6135. DSO Browser, accessed June 8, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6135. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 8, 2016 .