NGC 6120 - Misplaced Pages

Galaxy in the constellation Corona Borealis

NGC 6120
SDSS image of NGC 6120
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Corona Borealis
Right ascension	16 19 48.11646
Declination	+37° 46′ 27.6833″
Redshift	0.030655
Heliocentric radial velocity	9049 km/s
Distance	440 Mly (134.9 Mpc)
Group or cluster	Abell 2199
Apparent magnitude (B)	14.3
Characteristics
Type	Sb
Other designations
UGC 10343, MCG +06-36-029, PGC 57842

NGC 6120 is a peculiar 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.

References

^ 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.
^ "NGC 6120". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
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.
^ 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.
"Search specification: NGC 6120". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
"Results for object NGC 6120 (NGC 6120)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.

v t e Astronomical catalogs
NGC	NGC 6115 NGC 6116 NGC 6117 NGC 6118 NGC 6119 NGC 6120 NGC 6121 NGC 6122 NGC 6123 NGC 6124 NGC 6125

v t e New General Catalogue 6001 to 6500
6002 6005 6008 6025 6027 6028 6031 6039 6040 6041 6042 6043 6044 6045 6046 6047 6050 6051 6052 6053 6054 6055 6056 6057 6059 6061 6064 6067 6072 6078 6085 6086 6087 6090 6092 6093 6101 6104 6115 6118 6120 6121 6122 6124 6133 6134 6139 6144 6151 6152 6153 6158 6164 6166 6167 6169 6171 6181 6188 6193 6199 6200 6204 6205 6207 6208 6210 6212 6215 6217 6218 6221 6227 6229 6231 6237 6239 6240 6242 6245 6248 6250 6251 6254 6256 6261 6263 6266 6273 6277 6281 6284 6285 6286 6287 6293 6294 6300 6302 6304 6308 6309 6316 6325 6326 6328 6331 6333 6334 6335 6337 6338 6340 6341 6342 6344 6352 6353 6354 6355 6356 6357 6360 6362 6365 6366 6369 6373 6374 6375 6380 6383 6384 6388 6394 6397 6400 6401 6402 6405 6406 6410 6412 6413 6415 6421 6426 6428 6432 6437 6440 6441 6445 6448 6450 6452 6453 6455 6465 6473 6475 6476 6480 6481 6492 6494 6496 6499
Astronomical catalog List of NGC objects 6001–7000

Bayer	α (Alphecca) β (Nusakan) γ δ ε ζ ζ η θ ι κ λ μ ν ν ξ ο π ρ σ τ υ
Flamsteed	23 Her
Variable	R S T U V W RR RS TY UW
HD	140913 145457 (Kamuy)
Other	ADS 9731 Gliese 611 GJ 3929 NGC 6002 XO-1 (Moldoveanu)

Bayer	ε Coronae Borealis b κ Coronae Borealis b ο Coronae Borealis b ρ Coronae Borealis b c d e
Other	GJ 3929 b c XO-1b (Negoiu)

NGC	6085 6086 6104 6120 6122
Other	FSC 15307+3253 IC 1166 IC 4539

Abell	2061 2065 2067 2142 2162 RX J1532.9+3021

This spiral galaxy article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.