NGC 6801

NGC 6801
PanSTARRS image of NGC 6801
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Cygnus
Right ascension	19^h 27^m 35.8^s[1]
Declination	+54° 22′ 22″[1]
Redshift	0.014393[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4361 +/- 6 km/s
Distance	163.7 ± 22.5 Mly (50.2 ± 6.9 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)	14.62[1]
Characteristics
Type	SAcd[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.3' × 0.7'[1]
Other designations
UGC 11443, PGC 2394.[1]

NGC 6801 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Cygnus. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on August 5, 1886.[2]

Supernovae

In May 2011 a Type Ia supernova, 2011df, was detected in NGC 6801. 2015af, a Type II supernova was discovered in August 2015.[3]

References

1. "NED results for object NGC 6801". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
2. Seligman, Courtney. "NGC Objects: NGC 6800 - 6849". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
3. "List of Supernovae". IAU Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams. IAU. Retrieved 20 February 2017.