NGC 6733
| Galaxy NGC 6733 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 06 m 10.6 s |
| declination | -62 ° 11 ′ 49 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 'x 1.2' |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
IC 4765 group LGG 422 |
| Redshift | 0.016335 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 4897 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (65.9 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | August 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6733 • PGC 62770 • ESO 141-025 • 2MASX J19061060-6211491 • SGC 190135-6216.4 • 2MASS J19061064-6211488 • WISE A J190610.66-621148.6 • LDCE 1323 NED066 | |
NGC 6733 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 215 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 6739 , IC 4809 , IC 4815 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on August 8, 1834 .