NGC 6854
| Galaxy NGC 6854 |
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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 05 m 38.8 s |
| declination | -54 ° 22 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 15 |
| Redshift | 0.019073 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 5718 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(253 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (77.6 ± 5.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 9, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6854 • PGC 64081 • ESO 185-061 • 2MASX J20053878-5422319 • SGC 200145-5431.2 • WISE A J200538.75-542231.8 • LDCE 1383 NED026 | |
NGC 6854 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation telescope at the southern sky . It is an estimated 253 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 6850 , IC 4933 , IC 4941 , IC 4944 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on July 9, 1834 .