NGC 6104

NGC 6104 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Corona Borealis. It is designated as S(R)Pec in the galaxy morphological classification scheme, though it is clearly a barred spiral (deserving of the SB(R)Pec designation), and was discovered by William Herschel on 16 May 1787. The galaxy is approximately 388 million light-years away.^[1][2][3]

NGC 6104
NGC 6104 as seen through the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Corona Borealis
Right ascension	16h 16m 30.7s
Declination	+35° 42′ 29″
Redshift	0.028116±0.000100
Heliocentric radial velocity	8429±30 km/s
Galactocentric velocity	8573±31 km/s
Distance	387.5 million light-years (118 million parsecs)
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.933
Absolute magnitude (V)	-22.65
Characteristics
Type	SB(R)Pec
Size	~ 90,000 light-years
Apparent size (V)	1.80′ × 10.7′
Other designations
IRAS 16146 + 3549, MCG 6-36-11, PGC 57684, UGC 10309 and ZWG 196.20
References: NASA/IPAC extragalactic datatbase, http://spider.seds.org/, http://cseligman.com

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6104: SN 2002de (type Ia, mag. 16),^[4] and SN 2019svd (type Ib/c, mag. 19.3).^[5]

See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
• List of NGC objects