NGC 6977
| Galaxy NGC 6977 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Aquarius |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 52 m 29.7 s |
| declination | -05 ° 44 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) a pec: dSy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020655 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | (6192 ± 15) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.7 ± 6.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | July 20, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6977 • PGC 65625 • MCG -01-53-016 • 2MASX J20522971-0544459 • HCG 88B • | |
NGC 6977 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Aquarius on the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 283 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on July 20, 1863 .