NGC 6078

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.031102
Coordinates: RA 243.0227° · Dec 14.2088°

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Key facts

Constellation: Hercules
Right ascension: 16 12 05.4433
Declination: +14 ° 12 ′ 31.567 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 9378 ± 44 km/s
Distance: 455.1 ± 32.0 Mly (139.52 ± 9.81 Mpc )
Type: E0
Size: ~168,800 ly (51.74 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 0.5′ × 0.5′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: elliptical galaxy
Constellation: Hercules
Distance from Earth: 134.91
Image: NGC6078 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: -4.9
catalog code: Gaia DR2 4464322533703658240
time of discovery or invention: 1876-06-21
discoverer or inventor: Édouard Stephan
redshift: 0.030925
apparent magnitude: 10.100
right ascension: 243.02267964940590
declination: 14.20877975170570
radial velocity: 9179
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 6078

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 6078 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9459 ± 44 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 139.52 ± 9.81 Mpc (~455 million light-years). It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 21 June 1876.

Very close to NGC 6078 are the galaxies PGC 57459 and SDSS J161206.68+141210.3.

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