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NGC 6998

NGC 6998
Object NGC 6998 is located exactly in the center of the picture.

NGC 6998 - galaxy in the constellation Microscopii
Type: E0 - elliptical galaxy
The angular dimensions: 0.60'x0.6'
magnitude: V=14.0m; B=15.0m
The surface brightness: 13.0 mag/arcmin2
Coordinates for epoch J2000: Ra= 21h1m37.7s; Dec= -28°1'54"
redshift (z): 0.039661
The distance from the Sun to NGC 6998: based on the amount of redshift (z) - 167.5 Mpc;
Other names of the object NGC 6998 : PGC 65925, ESO 464-14, A 2058-28

Nearby objects: NGC 6996, NGC 6997, NGC 6999, NGC 7000

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