NGC 6706
| Galaxy NGC 6706 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 18 h 56 m 51.0 s |
| declination | -63 ° 09 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 423 |
| Redshift | 0.012892 ± 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 3865 ± 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(169 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.7 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6706 • PGC 62596 • ESO 104-024 • 2MASX J18565104-6309582 • SGC 185209-6313.9 • LDCE 1323 NED050 | |
NGC 6706 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 169 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4799 , IC 4784 , IC 4788 , IC 4800 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 8, 1836 .