NGC 6872 + NGC 6876 - Pavo Galaxy Cluster (Rod Kennedy)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Pavo (Pav) · Contains: HD191309 · HD191830 · HD192116 · IC 4960 · IC 4962 · IC 4967 · IC 4970 · IC 4971 · IC 4972 · IC 4981 · IC 4985 · NGC 6872 · NGC 6876 · NGC 6877 · NGC 6880 · PGC 270270 · PGC 270843 · PGC 270877 · PGC 270900 · PGC 271088 · PGC 271106 · PGC 271363 · PGC 272554 · PGC 273209 · PGC 273414 · PGC 3097923 · PGC 64356 · PGC 64402 · PGC 64417 · PGC 64439 · And 2 more.

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NGC 6872 + NGC 6876 - Pavo Galaxy Cluster

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NGC 6872 + NGC 6876 - Pavo Galaxy Cluster

A nice grouping of galaxies (evidently two distinct clusters) dominated by two galaxies of contrasting morphological nature. The Spiral NGC 6872 is the main attraction. It is 231 million light years away, 291,000 light years in diameter (3x diameter of Milky Way) and 11.6 magnitude. The Elliptical NGC 6876 is closer at 172 million light years away, 174,000 light years in diameter and 10.9 magnitude.

The data was collected over 15 sessions in a two month period totalling 34 hours.

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RA (center)	20h17m38s.348
RA (top/left)	20h14m13s.668
RA (top/right)	20h14m05s.589
RA (bottom/right)	20h21m11s.389
RA (bottom/left)	20h21m03s.372

Dec (center)	-70°49′07″.28
Dec (top/left)	-70°26′29″.51
Dec (top/right)	-71°11′29″.96
Dec (bottom/right)	-71°11′31″.52
Dec (bottom/left)	-70°26′30″.33

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