NGC 6183
| Galaxy NGC 6183 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Southern triangle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 41 m 41.9 s |
| declination | -69 ° 22 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAa |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016278 +/- 0.000170 |
| Radial velocity | 4880 +/- 51 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(212 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (65.0 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6183 • PGC 58785 • ESO 69-08 • SGC 163622-6916.6 • GC 4220 • h 3639 • LDCE 1218 NED001 | |
NGC 6183 is a 12.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Southern Triangle and about 212 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on April 25, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who noted "vF, eS, R, gbM, 10 arcseconds".