NGC 6782
id:
ngc-6782-264-2768831
title:
NGC 6782
text:
NGC 6782 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Pavo, at a distance of approximately 173 megalight-years from the Milky Way. It was discovered on July 12, 1834 by English astronomer John Herschel. John L. E. Dreyer described it as, "considerably faint, considerably small, round, a little brighter middle, 9th magnitude star to south". The morphological classification of NGC 6782 is (R1R′2)SB(r)a, indicating a barred spiral galaxy with a multiple ring system and tightly
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Galaxy in the constellation Pavo
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_6782
date created:
date modified:
2024-04-13T19:23:31Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/NGC_6782HSTfull.jpg","width":2179,"height":1830}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15