NGC 6869
| Galaxy NGC 6869 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 00 m 42.4 s |
| declination | + 66 ° 13 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 '× 1.3' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009136 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 2739 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(132 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.5 ± 2.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | August 26, 1884 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6869 • UGC 11506 • PGC 63972 • CGCG 324-006 • MCG + 11-24-004 • 2MASX J20004241 + 6613392 • GALEX ASC J200042.38 + 661337.4 | |
NGC 6869 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 132 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on August 26, 1884 .