NGC 6982
| Galaxy NGC 6982 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Indus |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 57 m 18.4 s |
| declination | -51 ° 51 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (s) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 68 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015793 +/- 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 4735 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(210 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.3 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | July 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6982 • PGC 65776 • ESO 235-019 • IRAS 20537-5203 • 2MASX J20571835-5151442 • SGC 205343-5203.3 • LEDA 65776 • LDCE 1431 NED001 | |
NGC 6982 is an annular bar- shaped spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation of Indians in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 210 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 6984 .
The object was discovered on July 8, 1834 by John Herschel .