NGC 6078

NGC 6078 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Hercules. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 9459 ± 44 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 139.52 ± 9.81 Mpc (~455 million light-years).^[1] It was discovered by French astronomer Édouard Stephan on 21 June 1876.^[2]

NGC 6078
NGC 6078 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16h 12m 05.4433s[1]
Declination	+14° 12′ 31.567″[1]
Redshift	0.031282[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	9378 ± 44 km/s[1]
Distance	455.1 ± 32.0 Mly (139.52 ± 9.81 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	15.2[1]
Characteristics
Type	E0[1]
Size	~168,800 ly (51.74 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.5′ × 0.5′[1]
Other designations
2MASX J16120546+1412317, MCG +02-41-017, PGC 57460, CGCG 079-076[1]

Very close to NGC 6078 are the galaxies PGC 57459 and SDSS J161206.68+141210.3.^[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6078: SN 2011dv (Type Ia, mag. 16.2) was discovered by the Italian Supernovae Search Project on 28 June 2011.^[3][4]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)