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NGC 6168

GinPair SIMBAD GiP 99 papers

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Right ascension: 16h 31m 21.48s
Declination: +20° 11′ 01.4″
Galactic l, b: 37.504, 39.55
Redshift z: 0.0084492
Radial velocity: 2,522.3 km/s
Angular size: 2.251′ × 0.4495′

Also known as

21 identifiers

2MASX J16312081+20110772MFGC 13246ADBS J163122+2010IRAS 16291+2017IRAS F16291+2017ISOSS J16313+2011LEDA 58423NGC 6168NSAID v1 337507PSCz Q16291+2017SDSS J163120.83+201108.3SDSS J163121.47+201101.3UGC 10434UZC J163121.4+201106Z 109-28Z 1629.2+2017[CHM2007] LDC 1193 J163120.81+2011077MCG+03-42-016[RS2000] 235[SLK2004] 1254[TGM94] 162911+201730

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
ZSFW N6181 a	Galaxy	33.36″	13.75
FIRST J163125.9+200956	RadioG	89.94″	—
LEDA 214509	Galaxy	107.9″	—
NVSS J163112+200807	RadioG	216.6″	—
SDSS J163109.10+200839.3	Galaxy	225″	—
V* V701 Her	RRLyrae	271.7″	15.56
LEDA 2807207	GinPair	348.7″	—
SDSS J163126.42+200410.8	Seyfert1	416.4″	—
SDSS J163056.22+201641.2	QSO	491.7″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6168 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.