NGC 6880
| Galaxy NGC 6880 |
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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 19 m 29.63 s |
| declination | -70 ° 51 ′ 35.5 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R_1L) SB (rs) 0 ^ + |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Pavo I group NGC 6876 group LGG 432 |
| Redshift | 0.013106 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 3929 ± 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.3 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 27, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6880 • PGC 64479 • ESO 073-037 • IRAS 20142-7100 • 2MASX J20192966-7051356 • SGC 201416-7101.0 • WISEA J201929.61-705135.3 • LDCE 1386 NED010 | |
NGC 6880 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Peacock in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 171 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 4981 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair and is considered a member of the ten galaxies counting NGC 6876 group ( LGG 432 ). In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 6877 , IC 4982 , IC 4972 , IC 4985 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 27, 1835 .