Astronomy:NGC 6070

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NGC 6070
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NGC 6070 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationSerpens
Right ascension 16h 09m 58.6618s[1]
Declination+00° 42′ 33.455″[1]
Redshift0.006685±0.00000200[1]
Helio radial velocity2,004±1 km/s[1]
Distance93.43 ± 3.04 Mly (28.646 ± 0.931 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 6070 group (LGG 404)
Apparent magnitude (V)12.45[1]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)cd[1]
Size~106,000 ly (32.50 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)3.5′ × 1.9′[1]
Other designations
HOLM 729A, IRAS 16074+0050, UGC 10230, MCG+00-41-004, PGC 57345[1]

NGC 6070 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Serpens. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,102±7 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 101.1 ± 7.1 Mly (31.00 ± 2.17 Mpc).[1] However, 26 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of 93.43 ± 3.04 Mly (28.646 ± 0.931 Mpc).[2] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 3 May 1786.[3][4]

NGC 6070 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.[5][6]

NGC 6070 group

NGC 6070 is a member of the NGC 6070 group (also known as LGG 404). The other two galaxies in the group are UGC 10290 (d) and UGC 10288 (d).[7][8]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6070:

  • SN 2026ejy (Type II, mag. 18.55) was discovered by GOTO on 25 February 2026.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Results for object NGC 6070". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+6070. 
  2. ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 6070". NASA. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nDistance?name=NGC+6070. 
  3. ↑ Herschel, William (1789). "Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars; with a Few Introductory Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 79: 212–255. doi:10.1098/rstl.1789.0021. Bibcode: 1789RSPT...79..212H. 
  4. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6070". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc60a.htm#6070. 
  5. ↑ Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D. et al. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (2): 1784. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766. Bibcode: 2020MNRAS.494.1784A. 
  6. ↑ "NGC 6070". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6070. 
  7. ↑ Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series 100: 47. Bibcode: 1993A&AS..100...47G. 
  8. ↑ "LGG 404". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=LGG+404. 
  9. ↑ "SN 2026ejy". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2026ejy. 

Coordinates: Sky map 16h 09m 58.6618s, +00° 42′ 33.455″



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