PGC 57932

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 57932
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NGC 6131 with LEDA 57932 (lu) & LEDA 2140377 (o) [1] SDSS image
NGC 6131 with LEDA 57932 (lu) & LEDA 2140377 (o) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Northern crown
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 16 h 22 m 00.2 s
declination + 38 ° 54 ′ 54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sc  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.4 '× 0.2'
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 11.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.017405 ± 0.000050  
Radial velocity 5218 ± 15 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(240 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(73.6 ± 5.2)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
NGC  6131B  • PGC  57932 • MCG  + 07-34-005 • KUG  1620 + 390B • 2MASX  J16220020 + 3854537 • GALEX ASC J162200.24 + 385453.8 • SDSS J162200.24 + 385454.3 • NSA 54232 • HOLM 742B

LEDA / PGC 57932 (also NGC 6131B ) is a lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Corona Borealis in the northern sky . It is an estimated 240 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 6131 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 742 .

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6129 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : PGC 57932