NGC 6920 - Lenticular Galaxy in Octans

NGC 6920 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Octans constellation. NGC 6920 is situated close to the southern celestial pole and, as such, it is easilty visible for most part of the year from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6920 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).

Key facts about NGC 6920

Available Resources for NGC 6920 - Lenticular Galaxy in Octans

• Photometric information of NGC 6920
• Apparent size of NGC 6920
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6920
• NGC 6920 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 6920.
• Rise and set times of NGC 6920 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 6920

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6920 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 6920.

Apparent size of NGC 6920

The following table reports NGC 6920 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6920 is a visual representation of it.

NGC 6920 - Lenticular Galaxy in Octans morphological classification

NGC 6920 - Lenticular Galaxy in Octans is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6920 - Lenticular Galaxy in Octans in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6920

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6920 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6920 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 and set times of NGC 6920 from your location

NGC 6920 - Lenticular Galaxy in Octans is currently not visible from Hengelo, Netherlands