NGC 6801

NGC 6801
PanSTARRS image of NGC 6801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cygnus
Right ascension	19h 27m 35.8s [1]
Declination	+54° 22′ 22″ [1]
Redshift	0.014393 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4361 +/- 6 km/s
Distance	163.7 ± 22.5 Mly (50.2 ± 6.9 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)	14.62 [1]
Characteristics
Type	SAcd [1]
Apparent size  (V)	1.3' × 0.7' [1]
Other designations
UGC 11443, PGC 2394. [1]

NGC 6801 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 5, 1886. ^[2]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6801:

• SN 2011df (type Ia, mag. 17.6) was discovered by Tim Puckett and Jack Newton on 21 May 2011. ^{[3] [4]}
• SN 2015af (type II, mag. 18.4) was discovered by Paolo Campaner as part of the Italian Supernovae Search Project (ISSP) on 9 August 2015. ^{[5] [6]}

References

1. "NED results for object NGC 6801". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
2. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 6800 - 6849". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
3. Newton, J.; Puckett, T. (2011). "Supernova 2011df near NGC 6801 = Psn J19273364+5423113". Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. 2729: 1. Bibcode:2011CBET.2729....1N.
4. "SN 2011df". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 7 May 2025.
5. "List of Supernovae". IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAU. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
6. "SN 2015af". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 7 May 2025.