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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Pavo
Right ascension
19 43 34.25
Declination
−58 ° 39 ′ 20.12 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
2031 ± 10 km/s
Distance
87 Mly
Type
SA(s)ab:sp
Size
53.42 kpc (174,200 ly ) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec B-band isophote )
Apparent size v
3.2 x 0.9

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
starburst galaxy
Constellation
Pavo
Distance from Earth
27.51
Image
NGC 6810 legacy dr10.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1834-00-00
catalog code
Gaia DR2 6448035814529071232
Commons category
NGC 6810
apparent magnitude
7.680
galaxy morphological type
Sb
redshift
0.0069
right ascension
295.89340303956480
declination
-58.65558976781290
radial velocity
1955
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 6810 is a spiral galaxy approximately 87 million light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Pavo.

Observational history

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6810” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.