NGC 6897
| Galaxy NGC 6897 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Capricorn |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 21 m 01.3 s |
| declination | -12 ° 15 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB: (rs?) Bc: / pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.90 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 35 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019143 ± 0.000043 |
| Radial velocity | 5739 ± 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(262 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (80.2 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | June 28, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6897 • PGC 064513 • MCG -02-52-001 • IRAS 20182-1224 • 2MASX J20210126-1215171 • GC 5952 • LDCE 1389 NED005 | |
NGC 6897 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SAB: (rs?) Bc: in the constellation Capricorn on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 262 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter . It probably forms a gravitationally bound pair with NGC 6898 .
The object was discovered by the astronomer Albert Marth on June 28, 1863.