NGC6907 Galaxy in Capricornus

DATE 16 May 2016
TELESCOPE OPTICS 508 mm mirror f.4 ccd Kodak KAF8300 3326 x 2504px 5.4 x 5.4µm
EXPOSURE binning 1: composite image, 10 min
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 29.5
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) NGC6907 = 131
MAGNITUDE NGC6907 = 11.4B
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 NGC6907 = 20:25:06.60 -24:48:33.0
POSITION ANGLE: 241
Rotation Velocity km/s 210 max
Size (Light Years) 186,000 (ESO-Uppsala "Quick Blue" IIa-O)
DETAILS NGC6907 is a barred spiral galaxy. Supernovae SN 1984V, SN 2004bv and SN 2008fq occurred here.

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