NGC 6850

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NGC 6850
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NGC 6850 (top) and IC 4933 (bottom) with legacy survey
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 198.96 ± 17.99  Mly (61.000 ± 5.515  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.07 [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.52 [3]
Characteristics
Type SB0+ [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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One supernova has been observed in NGC 6850: SN 1984K (type unknown, mag. 16) was discovered by Marina Wischnjewsky on 2 August 1984. [6] [7]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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.
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