NGC 6925
| Galaxy NGC 6925 / (IC 5015?) |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | microscope |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 34 m 20.6 s |
| declination | -31 ° 58 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.4 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 437 |
| Redshift | 0.009313 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2792 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(127 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.8 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 31, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6925 • IC 5015 • PGC 64980 • ESO 463-004 • MCG -05-48-022 • IRAS 20312-3209 • 2MASX J20342056-3158512 • SGC 203114-3209.2 • GALEX ASC J203420.49-315849.6 • LDCE 1407 NED003 | |
NGC 6925 = (IC 5015?) Is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Microscope in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 127 million light years from the Milky Way and about 165,000 light years across .
The type IIb supernova SN 2011ei was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on July 31, 1834 .