Astronomy:NGC 6120
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Corona Borealis
| NGC 6120 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 6120 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Corona Borealis |
| Right ascension | 16h 19m 48.11646s[1] |
| Declination | +37° 46′ 27.6833″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.030655[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 9049 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 440 Mly (134.9 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | Abell 2199[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 14.3[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sb[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
- ↑ 1.0 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. Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2011PASP..123.1011A.
- ↑ 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. Bibcode: 2015ApJ...800...80L.
- ↑ "Search specification: NGC 6120". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%206120.
- ↑ "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. Bibcode: 1996IAUS..171..448S.
External links
- NGC 6120 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
Coordinates: 
16h 19m 48.1s, +37° 46′ 28″
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