NGC 6776
| Galaxy NGC 6776 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 19 h 25 m 19.1 s |
| declination | -63 ° 51 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + / pec: / LINER / Sy |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018279 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 5480 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.8 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 20, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6776 • PGC 63185 • ESO 104-053 • 2MASX J19251913-6351366 • SGC 192038-6357.6 • GC 4483 • h 3787 • GALEX ASC J192519.11-635136.9 | |
NGC 6776 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 241 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered on June 20, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel with his 18.7-inch telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .