NGC 6860
| Galaxy NGC 6860 |
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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 | 20 h 08 m 46.9 s |
| declination | -61 ° 06 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (r) ab / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 34 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014884 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 4462 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(196 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (60.1 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | August 11, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6860 • PGC 64166 • ESO 143-9 • IRAS 20044-6114 • 2MASX J20084680-6105595 • SGC 200429-6114.7 • AM 2004-611 | |
NGC 6860 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb: in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is an estimated 196 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies IC 4936 , IC 4939 , IC 4951 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on August 11, 1836 by the astronomer John Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflector telescope and was later included in his New General Catalog by Johan Dreyer .