NGC 6158

NGC 6158 is an elliptical galaxy located about 400 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Hercules.^[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 17, 1787^[4] and is a member of Abell 2199.^[5][6][7]

NGC 6158
SDSS image of NGC 6158.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hercules
Right ascension	16h 27m 40.9s[1]
Declination	39° 22′ 59″[1]
Redshift	0.029954[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	8980 km/s[1]
Distance	123 Mpc (401 Mly)[1]
Group or cluster	Abell 2199
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.68[1]
Characteristics
Type	E?[1]
Size	~162,000 ly (49.6 kpc)[1] (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	0.3 x 0.25[1]
Other designations
CGCG 224-31, MCG 7-34-41, PGC 58198[1]