Ngc 6090

NGC 6090
	NGC 6090
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Draco
Right ascension	16h 11m 40.70s
Declination	52° 27′ 24.0″
Redshift	0.029304
Distance	400 million light years
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.00
Characteristics
Type	S0?
Apparent size (V)	36" x 18"
Other designations
	UGC 10267

Short description: Two interacting galaxies in the constellation Draco

NGC 6090 is a merging pair of spiral galaxies, 400 million light-years from the Earth, in the constellation of Draco. The cores of the two galaxies are around 10,000 light-years apart from each other, meaning that the merger is likely at its intermediate stage. Two large "tails", made of galactic material gravitationally ejected during the merger, have formed outside the main galaxies. Newly formed stars can be seen in the overlapping area.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6090". http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/bx/.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "NED results for object NGC 6090". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6090&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "NGC 6090". http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/6090.

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[hubble-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 6090". http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16/image/bx/.

[ned-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 "NED results for object NGC 6090". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+6090&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.

[dso-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "NGC 6090". http://dso-browser.com/dso/info/NGC/6090.