NGC 6157
| Galaxy NGC 6157 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 25 m 48.4 s |
| declination | + 55 ° 21 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030925 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 9271 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(422 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (129.4 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6157 • PGC 58101 • CGCG 276-018 • MCG + 09-27-039 • 2MASX J16254836 + 5521385 • NSA 146975 | |
NGC 6157 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 422 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6157. SIMBAD , accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6157. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6157. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .