NGC 6180
| Galaxy NGC 6180 |
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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 33.9 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 32 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2197/2199 |
| Redshift | 0.029761 +/- 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 8922 +/- 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(406 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (124.4 ± 8.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 23, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6180 • PGC 58386 • CGCG 224-058 • MCG + 07-34-095 • GC 5821 • LDCE 1190 NED024 | |
NGC 6180 is a 14.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E? in the constellation of Hercules and about 406 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on June 23, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6180. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6180. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6180. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .