NGC 6120 explained

NGC 6120
Epoch:	J2000
Constellation Name:	Corona Borealis
Z:	0.030655
H Radial V:	9049 km/s
Dist Ly:	^[1]
Group Cluster:	Abell 2199^[2]
Type:	Sb^[3]
Appmag B:	14.3
Names:	^[4]

NGC 6120 is a peculiar^[5] spiral galaxy located roughly 440 million light-years (130 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun. It is located in the northern constellation of Corona Borealis, and is a member of the Abell 2199 galaxy cluster.^[2]

Further reading

• Book: Surace . C. . Hecquet . J. . Auriere . M. . 1996 . Spectroscopic Study of NGC 6119 - NGC 6120 System . Bender . R. . Davies . R. L. . New light on galaxy evolution . The IAU Symposium . . 171 . 448 . 1996IAUS..171..448S.

Notes and References

1. 2011PASP..123.1011A. 10.1086/661920. The Star Formation Reference Survey. I. Survey Description and Basic Data. 2011. Ashby. M. L. N.. Mahajan. S.. Smith. H. A.. Willner. S. P.. Fazio. G. G.. Raychaudhury. S.. Zezas. A.. Barmby. P.. Bonfini. P.. Cao. C.. González-Alfonso. E.. Ishihara. D.. Kaneda. H.. Lyttle. V.. Madden. S.. Papovich. C.. Sturm. E.. Surace. J.. Wu. H.. Zhu. Y.-N.. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 123. 907. 1011–1029. 1107.2570. 119226030.
2. 2015ApJ...800...80L. 10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/80. Galaxy Evolution in the Mid-Infrared Green Valley: A Case of the A2199 Supercluster. 2015. Lee. Gwang-Ho. Hwang. Ho Seong. Lee. Myung Gyoon. Ko. Jongwan. Sohn. Jubee. Shim. Hyunjin. Diaferio. Antonaldo. The Astrophysical Journal. 800. 2. 80. 1412.3996 . 2318/155075. 52993516. free.
3. Web site: Search specification: NGC 6120. HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. 2021-02-02.
4. NGC 6120. 2021-02-02.
5. Web site: Results for object NGC 6120 (NGC 6120). NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. 2021-02-02.