NGC 6145
| Galaxy NGC 6145 |
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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 25 m 02.3 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 56 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2199 |
| Redshift | 0.028713 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 8608 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.1 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6145 • PGC 58074 • CGCG 224-017 • MCG + 07-34-21 • 2MASX J16250238 + 4056478 • GC 4194 • h 1957 • LDCE 1190 NED006 | |
NGC 6145 is a 14.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Hercules . It is estimated to be 392 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 6141 and NGC 6146 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 12, 1828 .
Web links
- NGC 6145. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6145. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6145. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .