NGC 6922
| Galaxy NGC 6922 |
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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 29 m 52.9 s |
| declination | -02 ° 11 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) c pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018900 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 5666 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(260 ± 18) · 10 6 ly (79.6 ± 5.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 24, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6922 • UGC 11574 • PGC 64814 • CGCG 373-017 • MCG + 00-52-018 • IRAS 20272-0221 • 2MASX J20295290-0211283 • HIPASS J2029-02 • LDCE 1403 NED003 | |
NGC 6922 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation of eagles in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 260 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 6926 and NGC 6929 are located in the same area of the sky .
The type Ib / c supernova SN 2010il was observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 24, 1863 .