NGC 6769

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Galaxy
NGC 6769
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NGC 6769 (top right), NGC 6770 (top left) and NGC 6771 (bottom) [1] (VLT)
NGC 6769 (top right), NGC 6770 (top left) and NGC 6771 (bottom) ( VLT )
AladinLite
Constellation peacock
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 19 h 18 m 22.7 s
declination -60 ° 30 ′ 04 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SA (r) b  
Brightness  (visual) 11.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.4 mag
Angular expansion 2.2 ′ × 1.5 ′
Position angle 123 °
Surface brightness 12.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 6769 group
IC 4845 group
LGG 427  
Redshift 0.012295 ± 0.000160  
Radial velocity 3686 ± 48 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(161 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(49.4 ± 3.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date August 11, 1836
Catalog names
NGC  6769 • PGC  63042 • ESO  141-G048 • 2MASX  J19182267-6030039 • SGC  191357-6035.5 • VV  304a • GC  4476 • h  3783 • LDCE 1323 NED079 • KTS 59A

NGC 6769 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb / P in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is around 161 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 light years . Together with NGC 6770 and NGC 6771 , it forms the galaxy trio KTS 59 and is a member of the IC 4845 group ( LGG 427 ).

In the same area of ​​the sky there are still u. a. the galaxies IC 4836 , IC 4842 , IC 4845 .

The object was discovered on August 11, 1836 by the British astronomer John Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 6769  - collection of images, videos, and audio files
Commons : NGC 6769  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6769
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman