NGC 6968
| Galaxy NGC 6968 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 48 m 32.476 s |
| declination | -08 ° 21 ′ 37.14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 - |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 × 1.1 |
| Position angle | 144 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020724 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 6213 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.9 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | August 11, 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6968 • PGC 65428 • MCG -02-53-006 • 2MASX J20483244-0821366 • 2MASS J20483246-0821366 • LDCE 1422 NED003 • WISEA J204832.46-082136.5 | |
NGC 6968 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Aquarius on the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 283 million light years from the Milky Way and about 125,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by Edouard Stephan on August 11, 1883 .