NGC 6969
| Galaxy NGC 6969 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | dolphin |
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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 |
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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 .