NGC 6868
| Galaxy NGC 6868 |
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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 09 m 54.1 s |
| declination | -48 ° 22 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.60 × 2.8 |
| Position angle | 86 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Telescopium group NGC 6868 group LGG 430 |
| Redshift | 0.009520 +/- 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 2854 +/- 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.7 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 7, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6868 • PGC 64192 • ESO 233-039 • 2MASX J20095408-4822462 • SGC 200616-4831.6 • GALEX ASC J200954.05-482248.0 • LDCE 1384 NED006 | |
NGC 6868 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Telescope in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 6861 , NGC 6870 , IC 4943 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on July 7, 1834 .