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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy1
Distance
17,707 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.01933547650086398
Coordinates
RA 294.2710° · Dec -42.2964°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Sagittarius
Image
NGC 6806 legacy dr10.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1834-09-05
right ascension
294.27102707630380
catalog code
Gaia DR2 6689130642597427200
apparent magnitude
10.794
galaxy morphological type
Sa/Sc
declination
-42.29642312019290
radial velocity
5717
redshift
0.019107
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-0.545
declination component of proper motion
-0.071

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