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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 6000 is referenced by 431 other articles, and connects out to list of NGC objects (6001–7000), list of stars in Scorpius and Scorpius.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1834, Barred spiral galaxies and Discoveries by John Herschel.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Right ascension
- 15 49 49.5423
- Declination
- −29 ° 23 ′ 12.797 ″
- Redshift
- 0.007 315 ± 0.000 003
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2193 ± 1 km/s
- Galactocentric velocity
- 2140 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 88.84 ± 7.70 Mly (27.240 ± 2.362 Mpc )
- Absolute magnitude v
- -20.89 +/- 0.36
- Type
- SB(s)bc
- Size
- ~66,600 ly (20.43 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.9′ × 1.6′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Image
- Yellow and blue, old and new (potw2539a).jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- SBbc
- catalog code
- RX J154944-29232
- Commons category
- NGC 6000
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1834-00-00
- redshift
- 0.007038
- apparent magnitude
- 8.201
- right ascension
- 237.4564833
- declination
- -29.3868056
- radial velocity
- 2110
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6000 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Scorpius. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,328±9 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 112.0 ± 7.9 Mly (34.33 ± 2.41 Mpc). However, 5 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 88.84 ± 7.70 Mly (27.240 ± 2.362 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 8 May 1834. It is designated as SB(s)bc in the galaxy morphological classification scheme, and is the brightest of all the galaxies in the constellation Scorpius.
NGC 6000 is a Seyfert II galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6000” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.