NGC 6008
id:
ngc-6008-163-68704
title:
NGC 6008
text:
NGC 6008 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. 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 2023a
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Serpens
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6008
date created:
2024-07-28T16:30:29Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T15:29:02Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q1124797","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1124797"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/NGC6008_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg","width":800,"height":800}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16