| NGC 6181 | |
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 NGC 6181 imaged by theHubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
| Right ascension | 16h 32m 20.9715s[1] |
| Declination | +19° 49′ 34.972″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.007909[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2371±1 km/s[1] |
| Galactocentric velocity | 2415±3 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 116.2 ± 8.1 Mly (35.63 ± 2.49 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.42 |
| Absolute magnitude (V) | -22.14 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)c[1] |
| Size | ~78,000 ly (23.93 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.50′ × 1.1′ |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 16301+1955,UGC 10439,MCG +03-42-020,PGC 58470,CGCG 109-031 | |
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase,http://spider.seds.org/,http://cseligman.com | |
NGC 6181 is abarred spiral galaxy located in the constellationHercules. It is designated as SB(rs)c in thegalaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered byWilliam Herschel on 28 April 1788.[2] The galaxy is 107 millionlight years away.[1][3]
Threesupernovae have been observed in NGC 6181:
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