NGC 6158

NGC 6158 is an elliptical galaxy located about 400 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Hercules.[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 17, 1787[4] and is a member of Abell 2199.[5][6][7]

NGC 6158
SDSS image of NGC 6158.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension16h 27m 40.9s[1]
Declination39° 22′ 59″[1]
Redshift0.029954[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity8980 km/s[1]
Distance123 Mpc (401 Mly)[1]
Group or clusterAbell 2199
Apparent magnitude (V)14.68[1]
Characteristics
TypeE?[1]
Size~162,000 ly (49.6 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.3 x 0.25[1]
Other designations
CGCG 224-31, MCG 7-34-41, PGC 58198[1]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 6158. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 6158". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 6150 - 6199". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  5. Tamura, Naoyuki; Ohta, Kouji (2003). "Color Gradients in Early-Type Galaxies in Abell 2199". The Astronomical Journal. 126 (2): 596. arXiv:astro-ph/0304404. Bibcode:2003AJ....126..596T. doi:10.1086/376469. ISSN 1538-3881. S2CID 8561978.
  6. "Webb Deep-Sky Society: Galaxy of the Month: Abell 2199". www.webbdeepsky.com. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  7. "NGC 6158". Retrieved 2018-08-15.


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