Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.031102
- Coordinates
- RA 243.0227° · Dec 14.2088°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Hercules
- Right ascension
- 16 12 05.4433
- Declination
- +14 ° 12 ′ 31.567 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 9378 ± 44 km/s
- Distance
- 455.1 ± 32.0 Mly (139.52 ± 9.81 Mpc )
- Type
- E0
- Size
- ~168,800 ly (51.74 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 0.5′ × 0.5′
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6078 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9459 ± 44 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 139.52 ± 9.81 Mpc (~455 million light-years). It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 21 June 1876.
Very close to NGC 6078 are the galaxies PGC 57459 and SDSS J161206.68+141210.3.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6078” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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