NGC 6185
| Galaxy NGC 6185 |
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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 33 m 17.8 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 20 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.034360 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 10.301 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(467 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (143.2 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6185 • UGC 10444 • PGC 58493 • CGCG 196-077 • MCG + 06-36-052 • IRAS F16314 + 3526 • KUG 1631 + 354 • 2MASX J16331778 + 3520329 • GC 4221 • h 1965 • | |
NGC 6185 is a 13.5 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Hercules at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 467 million light years from the Milky Way and about 165,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 27, 1827 .
Web links
- NGC 6185. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6185. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6185. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 14, 2016 .