Astronomy:NGC 6850

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Telescopium
NGC 6850
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NGC 6850 (top) and IC 4933 (bottom) with legacy survey
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationTelescopium
Right ascension 20h 03m 30.081s[1]
Declination−54° 50′ 40.88″[1]
Redshift0.016588[2]
Helio radial velocity4973[2]
Distance198.96 ± 17.99 Mly (61.000 ± 5.515 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.07[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.52[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB0+[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]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NED results for object NGC 6085". National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+6085&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "NGC 6085". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+6085. 
  4. "Ngc 6850". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?6850. 
  5. Transient Name Server entry for SN 1984K. Retrieved 29 March 2023.