NGC 6198
| Galaxy NGC 6198 |
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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 35 m 30.6 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 29 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017652 +/- 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 5292 +/- 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(245 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.0 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6198 • UGC 10467 • PGC 58554 • CGCG 299-007 • MCG + 10-24-003 • LDCE 1205 NED002 | |
NGC 6198 is a 13.9 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Dragon and about 245 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on June 28, 1886 .
Web links
- NGC 6198. SIMBAD, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- NGC 6198. DSO Browser, accessed June 14, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6198. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed June 14, 2016 (English).