NGC 6877
| Galaxy NGC 6877 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | peacock |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 18 m 36.2 s |
| declination | -70 ° 51 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E6 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 169 ° |
| Surface brightness | 11.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 6876 group LGG 432 |
| Redshift | 0.014810 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 4440 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(193 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.3 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6877 • PGC 64457 • ESO 073-036 • SGC 201323-7100.6 • | |
NGC 6877 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Peacock on southern sky . It is estimated to be 193 million light years from the Milky Way . She is considered a member of the ten galaxies counting NGC 6876 group ( LGG 432 ).
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 27, 1835 .