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galaxy

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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 6801 is referenced by 577 other articles, and connects out to Lagoon Nebula, epoch and North America Nebula.

Vinony files it under Cygnus (constellation), NGC objects and Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects.

Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.01466424577423342
Morphology
Sc
Coordinates
RA 291.8991° · Dec 54.3729°
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Key facts

Constellation
Cygnus
Right ascension
19 27 35.8
Declination
+54 ° 22 ′ 22 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
4361 +/- 6 km/s
Distance
163.7 ± 22.5 M ly , (50.2 ± 6.9 M pc )
Type
SAcd
Apparent size v
1.3' × 0.7'

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Cygnus
Distance from Earth
44.26
Image
NGC 6801 color cutout rings.v3.skycell.2394.058.stk.3702885.3707397.3811781.unconv.fits sci.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
Lewis A. Swift
time of discovery or invention
1886-08-05
catalog code
[SLK2004] 1556
apparent magnitude
10.391
galaxy morphological type
Sc
redshift
0.014513
right ascension
291.8991375
declination
54.3729056
radial velocity
4319
epoch
J2000.0
Commons category
NGC 6801
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 6801 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 5, 1886.

Supernovae

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 6801” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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