NGC 6875
| Galaxy NGC 6875 |
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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 13 m 12.5 s |
| declination | -46 ° 09 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0p |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 '× 1.4' |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Telescopium group NGC 6868 group LGG 430 |
| Redshift | 0.010411 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 3121 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(139 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (42.5 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6875 • PGC 64296 • ESO 284-028 • IRAS 20096-4618 • 2MASX J20131249-4609417 • SGC 200940-4618.7 • GALEX ASC J201312.27-460941.9 | |
NGC 6875 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the telescope at the southern sky . It is estimated to be 139 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy IC 4956 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 1, 1834 .