NGC 6947

Summary

NGC 6947 is a barred spiral galaxy^[1]. NGC 6947 has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6947 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6947's image is recorded as NGC 6947 DSS.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6947's instance of is recorded as barred spiral galaxy^[5].
• NGC 6947's constellation is recorded as Microscopium^[6].
• NGC 6947's galaxy morphological type is recorded as SBb^[7].
• NGC 6947's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sb^[8].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6947^[9].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as PGC 65193^[10].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as ESO 401-3^[11].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as AM 2038-323^[12].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J20411513-3229110^[13].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ204115.1-322911^[14].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F20381-3240^[15].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as MCG-05-48-028^[16].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as SGC 203809-3240.0^[17].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 65193^[18].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as APMBGC 401+112-128^[19].
• NGC 6947's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 6792389559133714560^[20].
• NGC 6947's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-09-28T00:00:00Z^[21].
• NGC 6947's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.01869'}^[22].
• NGC 6947's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.018690'}^[23].
• NGC 6947's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.5'}^[24].
• NGC 6947's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+14.84'}^[25].
• NGC 6947's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+17.6365'}^[26].
• NGC 6947's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.083'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6947 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6947 has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]