NGC 6865
| Galaxy NGC 6865 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eagle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 05 m 56.5 s |
| declination | -09 ° 02 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.80 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.015881 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 4761 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(218 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.9 ± 4.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6865 • PGC 64089 • 2MASX J20055647-0902272 • 2MASS J20055647-0902273 • WISE A J200556.48-090227.3 • 2MIG 2740 | |
NGC 6865 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Eagle in the northern sky . It is an estimated 218 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on June 28, 1863 .