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EntityQ2089095· pop 29· linked from 435 articles

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
H2G
Redshift
z = 0.007947052814000433
Morphology
SAB
Coordinates
RA 248.0874° · Dec 19.8266°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hercules
Right ascension
16 32 20.9715
Declination
+19 ° 49 ′ 34.972 ″
Redshift
0.007 909
Heliocentric radial velocity
2371 ± 1 km/s
Galactocentric velocity
2415 ± 3 km/s
Distance
116.2 ± 8.1 Mly (35.63 ± 2.49 Mpc )
Type
SAB(rs)c
Size
~78,000 ly (23.93 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.50 ′ × 1.1 ′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 6181 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It is designated as SB(rs)c in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by William Herschel on 28 April 1788. The galaxy is 107 million light years away.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q2089095” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.