NGC 6179
| Galaxy NGC 6179 |
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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 30 m 47.0 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 06 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.037382 +/- 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 11207 +/- 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(508 ± 36) · 10 6 Lj (155.6 ± 10.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6179 • PGC 58401 • CGCG 196-073 • GC 4217 • | |
NGC 6179 is a 15.3 mag compact galaxy of the Hubble type C in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered on April 19, 1855 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 6179. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6179. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6179. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .