Astronomy:NGC 6375

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Hercules
NGC 6375
galaxy in the New General Catalog
NGC 6375 (top) & UGC 10873 (bottom)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension 17h 29m 21.877s[1]
Declination+16° 12′ 24.47″[1]
Redshift0.020201[2]
Helio radial velocity5995 km/s[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.5[2]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Other designations
UGC 10875, MCG+03-44-009, PGC 60384[2]

NGC 6375 is a galaxy in the New General Catalog. It is located in the sky within the constellation Hercules. It is an E0 type lenticular, elliptical galaxy. It was discovered by Germany astronomer Albert Marth in 1864 with a mirror type telescope with a diameter of 121.92 cm (48 inches).[3][4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 6375". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6375. 
  3. "NGC 6375". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC%206375. 
  4. "The NGC / IC Project - Home of the Historically Corrected New General Catalogue (HCNGC) since 1993". 2016-05-21. http://www.ngcicproject.org/. 

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