NGC 6168
| Galaxy NGC 6168 |
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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 31 m 21.3 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 11 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sdm |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 111 ° |
| Inclination | 76.7 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008402 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2519 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.1 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | May 21, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6168 • UGC 10434 • PGC 58423 • CGCG 109-028 • MCG + 03-42-016 • IRAS 16291 + 2017 • 2MASX J16312081 + 2011077 • HIPASS J1631 + 20 • LDCE 1193 NED002 | |
NGC 6168 is an approximately 14.1 mag bright spiral galaxy in the constellation Hercules. It is just under 118 million light years from the Milky Way and was discovered as a foggy object by Lewis A. Swift on May 21, 1884 . The galaxy NGC 6181 is located in the same area of the sky .
Web links
- NGC 6168. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6168. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6168. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .