NGC 6901 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Aquila

NGC 6901 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Aquila constellation. NGC 6901 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

Available Resources for NGC 6901 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Aquila

• Photometric information of NGC 6901
• Apparent size of NGC 6901
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6901
• NGC 6901 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 6901.
• Rise ans set times of NGC 6901 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 6901

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6901 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 6901.

Apparent size of NGC 6901

The following table reports NGC 6901 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6901 is a visual representation of it.

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6901

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6901 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

NGC 6901 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Aquila morphological classification

NGC 6901 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Aquila is classified as Barred Spiral (Bab) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6901 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Aquila in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6901

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6901 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6901 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise ans set times of NGC 6901 from your location

Today's NGC 6901 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Aquila rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):