NGC 6850 | |
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![]() NGC 6850 (top) and
IC 4933 (bottom) with
legacy survey | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Telescopium |
Right ascension | 20h 03m 30.081s [1] |
Declination | −54° 50′ 40.88″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.016588 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4973 [2] |
Distance | 198.96 ± 17.99 Mly (61.000 ± 5.515 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.07 [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.52 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB0+ [2] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.1′ × 1.1′ [2] |
Other designations | |
PGC 64043 |
NGC 6850 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Telescopium, [4] discovered by John Herschel in 1836.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 6850: SN 1984K (type unknown, mag. 16). [5]
NGC 6850 | |
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![]() NGC 6850 (top) and
IC 4933 (bottom) with
legacy survey | |
Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Telescopium |
Right ascension | 20h 03m 30.081s [1] |
Declination | −54° 50′ 40.88″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.016588 [2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 4973 [2] |
Distance | 198.96 ± 17.99 Mly (61.000 ± 5.515 Mpc) [2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.07 [3] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.52 [3] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB0+ [2] |
Apparent size (V) | 2.1′ × 1.1′ [2] |
Other designations | |
PGC 64043 |
NGC 6850 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Telescopium, [4] discovered by John Herschel in 1836.
One supernova has been observed in NGC 6850: SN 1984K (type unknown, mag. 16). [5]