NGC 6908
| Galaxy NGC 6908 |
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![NGC 6907 & NGC 6908 (in the upper spiral arm) [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_6907_2MASS.jpg)
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| NGC 6907 & NGC 6908 (in the upper spiral arm) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Capricorn |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 25 m 08.9 s |
| declination | -24 ° 48 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 '× 0.1' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 10.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010207 ± 0.000054 |
| Radial velocity | 3060 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(140 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.9 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | September 24, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6908 • PGC 4581797 • 2MASX J20250664-2448335 • 2MASS J20250897-2448031 | |
NGC 6908 is a lens-shaped dwarf galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Capricorn on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 140 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light-years across. Together with NGC 6907 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on September 24, 1864 .