NGC 6770
| Galaxy NGC 6770 |
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![NGC 6769 (top right), NGC 6770 (top left) and NGC 6771 (bottom) [1] (VLT)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Phot-12-04.jpg)
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| NGC 6769 (top right), NGC 6770 (top left) and NGC 6771 (bottom) ( VLT ) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 18 m 37.3 s |
| declination | -60 ° 29 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) b |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 6769 group IC 4845 group LGG 427 |
| Redshift | 0.012813 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 3841 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(168 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (51.5 ± 3.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | August 11, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6770 • PGC 63048 • ESO 141-G049 • 2MASX J19183732-6029472 • SGC 191412-6035.3 • VV 304b • GC 4477 • h 3784 • AM 1914-603 • HIPASS J1919-60 • LDCE 1323 NED080 | |
NGC 6770 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb / P in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is around 167 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 115,000 light years . Together with NGC 6769 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 .
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