NGC 6850

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NGC 6850
NGC 6850 IC 4933 legacy dr10.jpg
NGC 6850 (top) and IC 4933 (bottom) imaged by Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Telescopium
Right ascension 20h 03m 30.081s [1]
Declination −54° 50′ 40.88″ [1]
Redshift 0.016588 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 4973 [2]
Distance 234.0 ± 16.4  Mly (71.76 ± 5.04  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.07 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.52 [3]
Characteristics
Type SB0+ [2]
Size~188,600  ly (57.84  kpc) (estimated) [2]
Apparent size  (V)2.1′ × 1.1′ [2]
Other designations
ESO 185- G 056, IRAS F19596-5500, PGC 64043 [2]

NGC 6850 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Telescopium, [4] discovered by John Herschel on 9 June 1836. [5]

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Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6850:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "NED results for object NGC 6085". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "NGC 6085". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ngc 6850".
  5. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6850". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  6. ↑ Maza, J.; Wischnjewsky, M.; Gonzalez, L. E.; Phillips, M. M.; Gomez, A. (1984). "Supernova in NGC 6850". International Astronomical Union Circular (3971): 1. Bibcode:1984IAUC.3971....1M.
  7. ↑ "SN 1984K". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 5 December 2024.
  8. ↑ "SN 2025xhz". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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