NGC 6758
| Galaxy NGC 6758 |
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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 13 m 52.3 s |
| declination | -56 ° 18 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E +: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 121 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 6753 group LGG 426 |
| Redshift | 0.011355 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 3404 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(149 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (45.7 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6758 • PGC 62935 • ESO 184-037 • 2MASX J19135231-5618356 • SGC 190943-5623.7 • GALEX ASC J191352.24-561836.4 • LDCE 1328 NED018 | |
NGC 6758 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E3 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is an estimated 149 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years across .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6753 , IC 4829 , IC 4832 , IC 4840 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 9, 1836 .