NGC 6906
| Galaxy NGC 6906 |
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![NGC 6906 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC6906_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 6906 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Eagle |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 23 m 33.9 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 26 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.60 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 6906 group LGG 435 |
| Redshift | 0.016175 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 4849 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(224 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (68.8 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6906 • UGC 11548 • PGC 64601 • CGCG 399-006 • MCG + 01-52-003 • IRAS 20211 + 0616 • 2MASX J20233389 + 0626372 • NVSS J202333 + 062639 • LDCE 1398 NED002 | |
NGC 6906 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Eagle in the northern sky . It is an estimated 224 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter . The galaxy may form a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with NGC 6901 .
Together with PGC 64638 and PGC 64652 it forms the small NGC 6906 group or LGC 435 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 15, 1863 .
NGC 6906 group ( LGG 435 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 6906 | PGC 64601 | 224 |
| PGC 64638 | UGC 11551 | 225 |
| PGC 64652 | UGC 11555 | 224 |