NGC 6106

NGC 6106
NGC 6106 imaged by Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationHercules
Right ascension16h 18m 47.1712s
Declination+07° 24′ 39.319″
Redshift0.004833±0.000002
Heliocentric radial velocity1,449±1 km/s
Distance72.64 ± 2.49 Mly (22.272 ± 0.764 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)12.84
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)c
Size~55,600 ly (17.04 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)2.5′ × 1.4′
Other designations
IRAS 16163+0731, 2MASX J16184720+0724396, UGC 10328, MCG +01-41-016, PGC 57799, CGCG 052-001

NGC 6106 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1,527±6 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 73.5 ± 5.2 Mly (22.52 ± 1.58 Mpc). This is in good agreement with 29 non-redshift measurements which give an average distance of 72.64 ± 2.49 Mly (22.272 ± 0.764 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 April 1784.

NGC 6106 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Luminous red nova and supernova

The luminous red nova AT 2020kog imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope's MIRI

One luminous red nova and one supernova have been observed in NGC 6106:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Results for object NGC 6106". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Distance Results for NGC 6106". NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. NASA. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ↑ Herschel, W. (1786). "Catalogue of One Thousand New Nebulae and Clusters of Stars". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 76: 457–499. Bibcode:1786RSPT...76..457H. doi:10.1098/rstl.1786.0027.
  4. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6106". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  5. ↑ Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D.; Davies, R. I.; Hönig, S. F.; Ricci, C.; Rosario, D. J.; Salvato, M.; Shankar, F.; Stern, D. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 494 (2): 1784. arXiv:2003.05959. Bibcode:2020MNRAS.494.1784A. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766.
  6. ↑ "NGC 6106". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
  7. ↑ Pastorello, A.; et al. (2021). "Forbidden hugs in pandemic times. II. The luminous red nova variety: AT 2020hat and AT 2020kog". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 647: A93. arXiv:2011.10590. Bibcode:2021A&A...647A..93P. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202039953.
  8. ↑ "AT 2020kog". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "SN 2024ahv". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 13 July 2025.