• Source: NGC 6122

NGC 6122 is a spiral galaxy located around 484 million light-years away in the constellation Corona Borealis. NGC 6122 was discovered on May 6, 1886 by the astronomer Guillaume Bigourdan, and its diameter is 211,000 light-years. NGC 6122 is not known to have much star-formation, and does not have an active galactic nucleus.
NGC 6122 has been the host of one supernova so far: SN 2003ge. It was discovered on June 21, 2003 by astronomers Tim Puckett and Alex Langoussis. It was located 8".8 west and 0".1 north of the nucleus. The supernova was Type Ia.




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Media related to NGC 6122 at Wikimedia Commons

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