NGC 6201
| Galaxy NGC 6201 |
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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 40 m 14.4 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 45 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E3 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035545 +/- 0.000157 |
| Radial velocity | 10656 +/- 47 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(482 ± 34) · 10 6 ly (147.8 ± 10.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 6, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6201 • PGC 58727 • CGCG 138-053 • GC 5826 • | |
NGC 6201 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Hercules .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on June 6, 1864 .
Web links
- NGC 6201. SIMBAD, accessed June 16, 2016 .
- NGC 6201. DSO Browser, accessed June 16, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6201. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on June 16, 2016 .