NGC 6149
| Galaxy NGC 6149 |
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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 27 m 24.2 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 35 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008096 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2427 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.8 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 3, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6149 • UGC 10391 • PGC 58183 • CGCG 109-021 • MCG + 03-42-11 • LDCE 1193 NED001 | |
NGC 6149 is a 13.6 mag bright lenticular galaxy with an active galaxy core (LINER type) of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Hercules and about 114 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on April 3, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 6149. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6149. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6149. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 14, 2016 .