NGC 6000

NGC 6000 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Scorpius. It is designated as SB(s)bc in the galaxy morphological classification scheme and was discovered by John Herschel on 8 May 1834. The galaxy is approximately 103 million light-years away. It is the brightest of all the galaxies in the constellation Scorpius.^[1][2][3]
Two supernovae have been observed in this galaxy, namely 2007ch and 2010as, each having a magnitude of about 17.2 and 15.5 respectively.^[4]

NGC 6000
NGC 6000 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Scorpius
Right ascension	15h 49m 49.5s
Declination	−29° 23′ 13″
Redshift	0.007315±0.000003
Heliocentric radial velocity	2193±1 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	2140±2 km/s
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.27 +/- 0.09
Absolute magnitude (V)	-20.89 +/- 0.36
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)bc
Apparent size (V)	1.90′ × 1.6′
Other designations
ESO 450-20, MCG -5-37-3, IRAS15467-2914 and PGC 56145
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/, http://cseligman.com

See also

• List of NGC objects (5001–6000)