NGC 6759
| Galaxy NGC 6759 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 06 m 56.84 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 20 ′ 39.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008112 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2432 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(118 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.3 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Auguste Voigt |
| Discovery date | July 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6759 • PGC 62779 • CGCG 256-006 • MCG + 08-35-002 • 2MASX J19065686 + 5020387 • 2MASX J19065707 + 5020524 • WISEA J190656.87 + 502037.1 | |
NGC 6759 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type S in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is estimated to be 118 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light-years across .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 6764 .
The object was discovered by Auguste Voigt in July 1865 .