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NGC 6131

GtowardsCl SIMBAD GiC 48 papers

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Right ascension: 16h 21m 52.24s
Declination: +38° 55′ 56.9″
Galactic l, b: 62.024, 44.99
Parallax: 0.5949 mas
Redshift z: 0.017696
Radial velocity: 5,258.1 km/s
Proper motion: -1.449, -0.134 mas/yr
Angular size: 1.188′ × 0.9557′

Also known as

17 identifiers

2MASX J16215222+3855566Gaia DR2 1332330779712549504Gaia DR3 1332330779712549504IRAS 16201+3902KUG 1620+390ALEDA 57927NFGS 179NGC 6131PSCz Q16201+3902UGC 10356UZC J162152.3+385559Z 1620.2+3903Z 224-4MCG+07-34-004[MO2001b] J162152.3+385557.7[RGD2002] J162152.23+385556.7[WGB2006] 162012+39030 a

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
LEDA 2140191	Galaxy	72.32″	—
LEDA 2140377	Galaxy	75.72″	—
NGC 6131B	EmissionG	112.6″	—
SDSS J162159.69+385811.9	QSO	160.7″	—
LEDA 3498307	LINER	203.6″	—
BD+39 2979	Star	210.4″	9.08
2MASX J16220027+3859417	GtowardsCl	243.9″	—
UCAC4 646-054602	Star	282.4″	12.8
2MASS J16214025+3901049	Seyfert2	338.4″	17.74
LEDA 2139960	EmissionG	351″	—
SDSS J162223.78+385453.3	Galaxy	373.6″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6131 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.