Astronomy:NGC 6850

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NGC 6850
NGC 6850 (top) and IC 4933 (bottom) imaged by Legacy Surveys
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]
Distance234.0 ± 16.4 Mly (71.76 ± 5.04 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.07[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.52[3]
Characteristics
TypeSB0+[2]
Size~188,600 ly (57.84 kpc) (estimated)[2]
Apparent size (V)2.1′ × 1.1′[2]
Other designations
ESO 185- G 056, IRAS F19596-5500, PGC 64043[2]

NGC 6850 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Telescopium,[4] discovered by John Herschel on 9 June 1836.[5]

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6850:

  • SN 1984K (type unknown, mag. 16) was discovered by Marina Wischnjewsky on 2 August 1984.[6][7]
  • SN 2025xhz (Type Ia, mag. 18.654) was discovered by ATLAS on 13 September 2025.[8]

See also

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. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "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. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6850". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc68a.htm#6850. 
  6. ↑ Maza, J.; Wischnjewsky, M.; Gonzalez, L. E.; Phillips, M. M.; Gomez, A. (1984). "Supernova in NGC 6850". International Astronomical Union Circular (3971): 1. Bibcode: 1984IAUC.3971....1M. http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/iauc/03900/03971.html#Item1. 
  7. ↑ "SN 1984K". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1984K. 
  8. ↑ "SN 2025xhz". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2025xhz. 

Coordinates: Sky map 20h 03m 30.081s, −54° 50′ 40.88″



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