NGC 6179

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NGC 6179 est une lointaine galaxie lenticulaire compacte située dans la constellation d'Hercule. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 11 233 ± 4 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 166 ± 12 Mpc (∼541 millions d'al).

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Image: Sloan Digital Sky Survey, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.