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Galaxy in the constellation Lyra

NGC 6685
The elliptical galaxy NGC 6685
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Lyra
Right ascension	18 39 58.6199
Declination	+39° 58′ 54.581″
Redshift	0.021905
Heliocentric radial velocity	6567 ± 36 km/s
Distance	309.4 ± 21.8 Mly (94.87 ± 6.68 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.4
Characteristics
Type	S0^-?
Size	~141,400 ly (43.34 kpc) (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	1.1′ × 0.9′
Other designations
2MASX J18395865+3958541, UGC 11317, MCG +07-38-015, PGC 62220, CGCG 228-021

NGC 6685 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Lyra. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 6432 ± 37 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 94.87 ± 6.68 Mpc (∼310 million light-years). It was discovered by American astronomer Edward Swift on 29 May 1887.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6685:

SN 2006bq (type Ia, mag 15.8) was discovered by Tim Puckett and A. Pelloni on 23 April 2006.
SN 2023ndu (type Ia, mag 18.4555) was discovered by the Automatic Learning for the Rapid Classification of Events (ALeRCE) on 14 July 2023.

References

^ "Results for object NGC 6685". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6685". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
Puckett, T.; Pelloni, A.; Sostero, G.; Sehgal, A.; Gagliano, R.; Luckas, P.; Trondal, O.; Schwartz, M.; Li, W.; Lee, E.; Baek, M.; Madison, D. R.; Holmes, R.; Devore, H.; Graves, B. (2006). "Supernovae 2006bq-2006bx". International Astronomical Union Circular (8705): 1. Bibcode:2006IAUC.8705....1P.
"SN 2006bq". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
"SN 2023ndu". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

External links

Media related to NGC 6685 at Wikimedia Commons
NGC 6685 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images

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Stars

Bayer	α (Vega) β (Sheliak) γ (Sulafat) δ δ ε ε ζ ζ η (Aladfar) θ ι κ λ μ (Alathfar) ν ν
Flamsteed	16 17 19
Variable	R (13) S T V W RR RV RZ TT TZ UZ XY AY CC CN CY DM EP EZ FL HK HP HR KX MV V344 V361 V404 V473 V477 V478 V533 V542 V543 V545 V550 V558
HR	6845 6847 6853 6901 6968 6984 6997 7016 7017 7019 7030 7033 7041 7043 (Xihe) 7044 7064 7073 7081 7112 7115 7118 7132 7140 7146 7162 7181 7202 7204 7212 7237 7238 7244 7253 7272 7280 7284 7302 7338 7345 7346 7359 7376 7382
HD	177830 179070 180314 181068
Kepler	7 8 9 13 14 19 20 24 25 26 30 37 38 46 59 60 62 65 75 88 91 92 93 94 95 98 100 102 103 104 105 109 128 130 131 138 160 174 177 238 277 279 282 350 410 421 429 444 635 705 1513
Other	Gliese 758 GJ 4063 GSC 02652-01324 HAT-P-5 (Chasoň) KSw 71 LHS 6343 LSR J1835+3259 WASP-3 WASP-58 WISE 1828+2650 WISEP J190648.47+401106.8

Exoplanets

Kepler	7b 8b 9b c d 14b 20b c d e f g 24b c d e 25b c 26e 37b c d 59b 60d 62b c d e f 91b 93b 277b c 438b 440b 442b 453b 705b
Other	HAT-P-5b (Kráľomoc) HD 173416 b (Wangshu) HD 178911 Bb TrES-1b

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