NGC 6969
Galaxy NGC 6969 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | dolphin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 20 h 48 m 27.63 s |
declination | + 07 ° 44 ′ 23.9 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sat |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.3 |
Position angle | 15 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | isolated |
Redshift | 0.015544 ± 0.000130 |
Radial velocity | 4660 ± 39 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.3 ± 4.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | August 15, 1863 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 6969 • UGC 11633 • PGC 65425 • CGCG 400-002 • MCG + 01-53-001 • 2MASX J20482762 + 0744238 • 2MASS J20482761 + 0744236 • WISEA J204827.62 + 074423.8 • KIG 889 • 2MIG 2830 |
NGC 6969 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Dolphin at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 15, 1863 .