NGC 6801 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 5, 1886.[2]
| NGC 6801 | |
|---|---|
 PanSTARRS image of NGC 6801 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Right ascension | 19h 27m 35.8s[1] |
| Declination | +54° 22′ 22″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.014393[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 4361 +/- 6 km/s |
| Distance | 163.7 ± 22.5 Mly (50.2 ± 6.9 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.62[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAcd[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.3' × 0.7'[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 11443, PGC 2394.[1] | |
Supernovae
editIn May 2011 a Type Ia supernova, 2011df, was detected in NGC 6801. 2015af, a Type II supernova was discovered in August 2015.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "NED results for object NGC 6801". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 6800 - 6849". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "List of Supernovae". IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAU. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
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