NGC 6854

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Galaxy
NGC 6854
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Constellation telescope
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 6854
  3. Seligman