NGC 6120

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NGC 6120
NGC6120 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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]
Heliocentric 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics . 616. A1. arXiv: 1804.09365 . Bibcode: 2018A&A...616A...1G . doi: 10.1051/0004-6361/201833051 .
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 6120". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ↑ Ashby, M. L. N.; Mahajan, S.; Smith, H. A.; Willner, S. P.; Fazio, G. G.; Raychaudhury, S.; Zezas, A.; Barmby, P.; Bonfini, P.; Cao, C.; González-Alfonso, E.; Ishihara, D.; Kaneda, H.; Lyttle, V.; Madden, S.; Papovich, C.; Sturm, E.; Surace, J.; Wu, H.; Zhu, Y.-N. (2011). "The Star Formation Reference Survey. I. Survey Description and Basic Data". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 123 (907): 1011–1029. arXiv: 1107.2570 . Bibcode:2011PASP..123.1011A. doi:10.1086/661920. S2CID   119226030.
  4. 1 2 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. arXiv: 1412.3996 . Bibcode:2015ApJ...800...80L. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/80. hdl: 2318/155075 . S2CID   52993516.
  5. ↑ "Search specification: NGC 6120". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  6. ↑ "Results for object NGC 6120 (NGC 6120)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

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