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Vinony's link graph records 354 inbound references to NGC 6907, and connects out to list of stars in Capricornus, Capricornus and Lagoon Nebula.
Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Barred spiral galaxies and Capricornus.
Vinony links it to 32 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Right ascension
- 20 25 06.6
- Declination
- −24 ° 48 ′ 33 ″
- Redshift
- 0.010614 ± 0.000013
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3,182 ± 4 km / s
- Distance
- 118 Mly (36.3 Mpc )
- Type
- SB(s)bc
- Apparent size v
- 3′.3 × 2′.7
- Notable features
- Luminous infrared galaxy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Distance from Earth
- 43
- Image
- NGC 6907 2MASS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 6907
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-07-12
- catalog code
- LEDA 64650
- apparent magnitude
- 11.3
- galaxy morphological type
- Sbc
- redshift
- 0.010544
- right ascension
- 306.27890
- declination
- -24.81060
- radial velocity
- 3186
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 6907 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Capricornus. It is located at a distance of about 120 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 6907 is about 115,000 light-years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on July 12, 1784. The total infrared luminosity of the galaxy is 10 L☉, and thus it is categorised as a luminous infrared galaxy.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6907” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.