Astronomy:NGC 6850

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Telescopium
NGC 6850
NGC 6850 IC 4933 legacy dr10.jpg
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]

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