Astronomy:NGC 6120

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Corona Borealis
NGC 6120
NGC6120 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 6120
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCorona Borealis
Right ascension 16h 19m 48.11646s[1]
Declination+37° 46′ 27.6833″[1]
Redshift0.030655[2]
Helio radial velocity9049 km/s[2]
Distance440 Mly (134.9 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterAbell 2199[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.3[2]
Characteristics
TypeSb[5]
Other designations
UGC 10343, MCG+06-36-029, PGC 57842[2]

NGC 6120 is a peculiar[6] spiral galaxy located roughly 440 million light-years (130 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun. It is located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis, and is a member of the Abell 2199 galaxy cluster.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 6120". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6120. 
  3. Ashby, M. L. N.; Mahajan, S.; Smith, H. A.; Willner, S. P.; Fazio, G. G.; Raychaudhury, S.; Zezas, A.; Barmby, P. et al. (2011). "The Star Formation Reference Survey. I. Survey Description and Basic Data". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 123 (907): 1011–1029. doi:10.1086/661920. Bibcode2011PASP..123.1011A. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Lee, Gwang-Ho; Hwang, Ho Seong; Lee, Myung Gyoon; Ko, Jongwan; Sohn, Jubee; Shim, Hyunjin; Diaferio, Antonaldo (2015). "Galaxy Evolution in the Mid-Infrared Green Valley: A Case of the A2199 Supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal 800 (2): 80. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/80. Bibcode2015ApJ...800...80L. 
  5. "Search specification: NGC 6120". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%206120. 
  6. "Results for object NGC 6120 (NGC 6120)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%206120&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-02. 

Further reading

  • Surace, C.; Hecquet, J.; Auriere, M. (1996). "Spectroscopic Study of NGC 6119 - NGC 6120 System". in Bender, R.; Davies, R. L.. New light on galaxy evolution. The IAU Symposium. 171. Kluwer Academic Publishers. pp. 448. Bibcode1996IAUS..171..448S. 

External links

Coordinates: Sky map 16h 19m 48.1s, +37° 46′ 28″