NGC6868 and 6870 Galaxies in Telescopium

DATE 12 Jun 2015
TELESCOPE OPTICS 508 mm mirror f.4 ccd Kodak KAF8300 3326 x 2504px 5.4 x 5.4µm
EXPOSURE binning 1: composite image, 17min
IMAGE SIZE (ARCMIN) 29.4
LIGHT TRAVEL TIME (Derived Redshift. Millions Light Years) NGC6868 = 129
NGC6870 = 125
ESO233-035 = 107
GALEXASC J201017.83-481403.5 = 221
GALEXASC J200922.27-482338.3 = 116
2MASX J20095889-4821262 = 121
2MASX J20094313-4811052 = 220
2MASX J20090850-4807175 = 101
2MASX J20100287-4816411 = 739
MAGNITUDE NGC6868 = 11.66
NGC6870 = 13.18
ESO233-035 = 14.33
GALEXASC J201017.83-481403.5 = 17.1V
GALEXASC J200922.27-482338.3 = 16.9V
2MASX J20095889-4821262 = 13.7R
2MASX J20094313-4811052 = 13.6I
2MASX J20090850-4807175 = 15.0b
2MASX J20100287-4816411 = 16.0V
POSITION RA-DEC J2000 NGC6868 = 20:09:54.10 -48:22:46.0
NGC6870 = 20:10:10.80 -48:17:13.0
ESO233-035 = 20:09:25.60 -48:17:05.0
GALEXASC J201017.83-481403.5 = 20:10:17.90 -48:14:01.0
GALEXASC J200922.27-482338.3 = 20:09:22.40 -48:23:38.0
2MASX J20095889-4821262 = 20:09:58.90 -48:21:26.0
2MASX J20094313-4811052 = 20:09:43.10 -48:11:05.0
2MASX J20090850-4807175 = 20:09:08.50 -48:07:18.0
2MASX J20100287-4816411 = 20:10:02.80 -48:16:41.0
POSITION ANGLE: 263
Rotation Velocity km/s NGC6868 = ~250
NGC6870 = na
Size (Light Years) NGC6868 = 178,700 (ESO-LV "Quick Blue" IIa-O)
NGC6870 = 227,000 (ESO-LV "Quick Blue" IIa-O)
DETAILS NGC6868 is an elliptical LINER galaxy while NGC6870 is a weakly barred spiral.

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