NGC 6867
| Galaxy NGC 6867 |
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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 10 m 29.6 s |
| declination | -54 ° 47 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 156 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | SSRS group 15 ESO 185-054 group LGG 429 |
| Redshift | 0.014732 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 4417 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(195 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.8 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 9, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6867 • PGC 64203 • ESO 186-006 • IRAS 20065-5455 • 2MASX J20102965-5446596 • SGC 200635-5455.9 • GALEX ASC J201029.58-544700.0 • HIPASS J2010-54 • LDCE 1383 NED031 | |
NGC 6867 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Teleskopium the southern sky . It is estimated to be 195 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 4944 , IC 4952 , IC 4957 , IC 4963 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 9, 1836 .