NGC 6929
| Galaxy NGC 6929 |
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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 33 m 21.7 s |
| declination | -02 ° 02 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 77 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020594 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 6174 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(282 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.6 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 21, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6929 • PGC 64949 • CGCG 373-035 • MCG + 00-52-035 • 2MASX J20332170-0202135 • GALEX ASC J203321.72-020215.5 • LDCE 1403 NED015 • HOLM 781B | |
NGC 6929 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Eagle in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 282 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter . Together with NGC 6926 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 781 .
The galaxy NGC 6922 is still located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on July 21, 1827 .