NGC 6900
| Galaxy NGC 6900 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eagle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 21 m 35.1 s |
| declination | -02 ° 34 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.00 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 178 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016930 ± 0.000032 |
| Radial velocity | 5075 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(233 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (71.5 ± 5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | October 1, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6900 • PGC 64530 • MCG -01-52-001 / + 00-52-001 • IRAS 20189-0243 • 2MASX J20213512-0234092 • GALEXASC J202135.01-023408.8 | |
NGC 6900 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation of eagles in the northern sky . It is an estimated 233 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on October 1st, 1863 .