NGC 6184
| Galaxy NGC 6184 |
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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 34.5 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 33 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 128 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 2199 |
| Redshift | 0.027659 +/- 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 8292 +/- 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(378 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.8 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 23, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6184 • PGC 58432 • CGCG 224-070 • MCG + 07-34-109 • IRAS 16298 + 4040 • KUG 1629 + 406B • 2MASX J16313454 + 4033560 • GC 5822 • LDCE 1190 NED027 | |
NGC 6184 is a 14.3 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Hercules. It is around 378 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 light years .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6173 , NGC 6175 , NGC 6180 .
The object was discovered on June 23, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6184. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6184. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6184. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .