PGC 6785

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 6785
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Constellation Chemical furnace
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 50 m 36.03 s
declination -34 ° 04 ′ 06.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sbc  
Brightness  (B-band) 16.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.97 ′ × 0.18 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.028546 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity 8558 ± 31 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(380 ± 27)  ·  10 6  ly
(116.4 ± 8.2)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  6785 • ESO  354-002 • MCG  -06-05-008 • 2MASX  J01503603-3404060 • GALEX ASC J015035.92-340406.5

LEDA / PGC 6785 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Fornax in the southern sky . It is an estimated 380 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with IC 1739 , it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 696 , NGC 698 , IC 1728 .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE