NGC 6850
| Galaxy NGC 6850 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | telescope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 03 m 30.1 s |
| declination | -54 ° 50 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016588 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 4973 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(220 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (67.4 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6850 • PGC 64043 • ESO 185-056 • IRAS F19596-5500 • 2MASX J20033008-5450408 • SGC 195934-5459.2 • 2MASS J20033009-5450413 • LDCE 1383 NED022 | |
NGC 6850 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is an estimated 220 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light-years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 6854 , IC 4919 , IC 4933 are located in the same area of the sky .
The supernova SN 1984K was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 9, 1836 .