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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.01466424577423342
Morphology
Sc
Coordinates
RA 291.8991° · Dec 54.3729°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cygnus
Right ascension
19 27 35.8
Declination
+54 ° 22 ′ 22 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4361 +/- 6 km/s
Distance
163.7 ± 22.5 M ly , (50.2 ± 6.9 M pc )
Type
SAcd
Apparent size v
1.3' × 0.7'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cygnus
Distance from Earth
44.26
Image
NGC 6801 color cutout rings.v3.skycell.2394.058.stk.3702885.3707397.3811781.unconv.fits sci.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Lewis A. Swift
time of discovery or invention
1886-08-05
catalog code
[SLK2004] 1556
apparent magnitude
10.391
galaxy morphological type
Sc
redshift
0.014513
right ascension
291.8991375
declination
54.3729056
radial velocity
4319
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 6801
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Encyclopedic overview

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

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6801” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.