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NGC 6008
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6008.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Serpens
Right ascension	15 52 56.0543
Declination	+21° 06′ 01.819″
Redshift	0.016209
Heliocentric radial velocity	4859 ± 3 km/s
Distance	238.6 ± 16.7 Mly (73.15 ± 5.12 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.9
Characteristics
Type	SB(r)b
Size	~168,700 ly (51.72 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	1.4' x 1.3'
Other designations
IRAS 15507+2114, 2MASX J15525603+2106017, NGC 6008A, UGC 10076, MCG +04-37-052, PGC 56289, CGCG 136-110

NGC 6008 (sometimes referred to as NGC 6008A) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Serpens. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,959 ± 8 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 73.2 ± 5.1 Mpc (∼239 million light-years). It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 10 June 1880.

According to the SIMBAD database, NGC 6008 is a LINER galaxy, i.e. a galaxy whose nucleus has an emission spectrum characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6008: SN 2023apm (type II-P, mag. 19.45) was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility on 23 January 2023.

NGC 6052 Group

According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 6008 is part of the NGC 6052 group (also known as LGG 403). This group has at least 13 members: NGC 5975, NGC 6020, NGC 6030, NGC 6032, NGC 6052, NGC 6060, NGC 6073, IC 1132, PGC 57117, UGC 10127, UGC 10197, and UGC 102116.

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

References

1. ^ "Results for object NGC 6008". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
2. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6008". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. SIMBAD database entry for NGC 6008. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
4. "SN 2023apm". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
5. Garcia, A. M. (1993). "General study of group membership. II. Determination of nearby groups". Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement Series. 100: 47. Bibcode:1993A&AS..100...47G..

External links

• Media related to NGC 6008 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 6008 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

v t e Constellation of Serpens
List of stars in Serpens Serpens in Chinese astronomy
Stars	Bayer α (Unukalhai) β (Chow) γ (Ainalhai) δ ε ζ η θ (Alya) ι κ (Gudja) λ μ ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ τ τ τ τ τ τ τ υ φ χ ψ ω Flamsteed 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 (A) 14 16 25 (A) 29 36 (b) 39 40 43 45 46 47 59 (d) 60 (c) 61 64 3 Her Variable R W X RT UZ VV VY WX AA AN AO AP AR AU BQ CT CV CW EG FH FI FK FL FQ FR LV LW LX MR MS MT MV MY NN NO NQ NW OO OU PS QV QX QY V382 V411 HR 5665 5690 5692 5706 5711 5740 5745 5783 5796 5831 5850 5859 5861 5874 5909 5913 5931 5992 6005 6011 6014 6016 6449 6496 6544 6562 6568 6600 6620 6666 6681 6755 6756 6757 6785 6830 6840 6843 6858 6890 6898 6928 6993 (e) 6999 7008 7048 7076 7144 HD 135061 135615 136027 136118 138085 142245 143436 145936 146740 157969 168112 168443 168746 (Alasia) 175541 (Kaveh) Other ADS 9544 AS 296 9 11 22 23 27 Gliese 701 Gliese 710 GJ 1224 GX 17+2 IRAS 18418-0440 MWC 297 MWC 922 PG 1510+234 PG 1605+072 PSR B1534+11 PSR J1719−1438 Ross 508 Serpens FIRS 1 Serpens SVS 20 Serpens X-1 W40 IRS 1A South
Exoplanets CoRoT-9b CoRoT-11b CoRoT-22b CoRoT-23b CoRoT-27b HD 168746 b (Onasilos) HD 175541 b (Kavian) ω Serpentis b
Star clusters	NGC NGC 6535 NGC 6539 NGC 6604 NGC 6605 Other IC 4756 Messier 5 Messier 16 Serpens OB2 Serpens South Palomar 5
Nebulae	Other Abell 41 Eagle Nebula L134 L183 L483 Serpens cloud Sh2-54 Westerhout 40 Red Square Nebula S68
Galaxies	NGC 5887 5910 5911 5913 5919 5920 5921 5926 5928 5931 5936 5937 5940 5942 5941 5944 5951 5953 5954 5952 5956 5955 5957 5960 5962 5964 5970 5972 5975 5977 5980 5983 5984 5988 5991 5990 5994 5996 5997 6003 6004 6008 6006 6007 6009 6012 6010 6014 6020 6017 6018 6021 6022 6023 6027 6027a 6027b 6027c 6027d 6027e 6029 6033 6037 6036 6051 6063 6065 6066 6070 6080 6100 6118 6172 Other 317 318 321 323.1 324 326 Arp 72 Arp 220 4C 11.50 CGCG 049-033 Hoag's Object IC 4537 IC 4588 IRAS 15107+0724 NRAO 530 PDS 456 PG 1553+113 PGC 54493 PKS 1546+027
Galaxy clusters Abell 2040 Abell 2052 Abell 2063 Abell 2107 AWM 4 MKW 3s Seyfert's Sextet
Astronomical events GRB 970111 GRB 050813 GRB 060418 GRB 060526 SN 2004dk
Category

• NGC objects
• Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects
• Serpens
• Astronomical objects discovered in 1880
• Discoveries by Édouard Stephan
• MCG objects
• Barred spiral galaxies
• UGC objects
• IRAS catalogue objects
• LINER galaxies