NGC 6163
| Galaxy NGC 6163 |
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![NGC 6163 & NGC 6162 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6163_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6163 & NGC 6162 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 28 m 27.9 s |
| declination | + 32 ° 50 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 54 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 82 WBL 615 |
| Redshift | 0.034847 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 10,447 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(473 ± 33) · 10 6 Lj (145.1 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 30, 1870 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6163 • PGC 58250 • CGCG 168-015 • MCG + 06-36-048 • KUG 1626 + 329D • 2MASX J16282791 + 3250466 • HCG 82B • GC 5820 • GALEX ASC J162827.91 + 325048.7 • USGC U764 NED01 | |
NGC 6163 is a 14.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is an estimated 473 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is a member of the Hickson Compact Group 82 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6161 and NGC 6162 .
The object was discovered by Édouard Stephan on June 30, 1870 .
Web links
- NGC 6163. SIMBAD , accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6163. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 6163. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .