NGC 6150
| Galaxy NGC 6150 |
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![NGC 6150 & LEDA 58100 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6150_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6150 & LEDA 58100 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 25 m 50.0 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 29 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.65 ′ |
| Position angle | 61 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 2197 Abell 2199 |
| Redshift | 0.029083 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 8719 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(397 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (121.6 ± 8.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 150,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 18, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6150 • PGC 58105 • CGCG 224-022 • MCG + 07-34-029 • 2MASX J16255000 + 4029194 • GC 4198 • H III 639 • h 1959 • GALEX ASC J162549.94 + 402917.5 • HOLM 748A • LDCE 1190 NED010 | |
NGC 6150 is a galaxy of Hubble type E? in the constellation Hercules in the northern sky . It is an estimated 397 million light years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter. Together with PGC 58100 it forms the galaxy pair Holm 748 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6145 , NGC 6146 , NGC 6147 , NGC 6160 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 18, 1787 .