Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  NGC 6173  ·  NGC 6174  ·  NGC 6175  ·  NGC 6180  ·  NGC 6184
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NGC 6173 and Galaxy Group HDC 952, Jim Thommes
NGC 6173 and Galaxy Group HDC 952
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NGC 6173 and Galaxy Group HDC 952

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NGC 6173 and Galaxy Group HDC 952, Jim Thommes
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NGC 6173 and Galaxy Group HDC 952

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This image encompasses the galaxy group HDC 952 It consists of members NGC 6173, 6175, 6180, and LEDA 140634. There are many other galaxies in this field - notable are NGC 6184 and NGC 6174. However, the location of NGC 6174 is uncertain given differences  in catalogs and databases for this object . Many of the galaxies in this image are also members of the very expansive Abell 2199 galaxy cluster whose center is about 1.3 degrees south of this field.  Many of the background galaxies fall into the range of 300 to 500 million light years distant. There are visible Quasars in the image - the largest redshift is 2.332 with a lookback  of 10.87 billion light years.  These objects, information, and some of the brighter stars are identified in the annotated image. The annotation shows the two possible locations  NGC 6174. Horizontal FOV is approximately 39 arc minutes.

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