NGC 6187
| Galaxy NGC 6187 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 16 h 31 m 36.7 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 42 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018269 ± 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | (5477 ± 30) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(253 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.5 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Charles Young |
| Discovery date | October 5, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6187 • PGC 58429 • CGCG 298-042, 299-002 • MCG + 10-23-079 • 2MASX J16313682 + 5742241 • LDCE 1205 NED001 | |
NGC 6187 is a 14.6 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble-type S? in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 248 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 6190 and NGC 6198 .
The object was discovered by Charles Young on October 5, 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 6187. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6187. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6187. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 14, 2016 .