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NGC 6676

NGC 6676 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Draco. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 6707 ± 12 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 98.92 ± 6.93 Mpc (∼323 million light-years). It was discovered by American astronomer Lewis Swift on 30 May 1886.

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6676: SN 2023txu (type Ia, mag 18.96) was discovered by ATLAS on 3 October 2023.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Results for object NGC 6676". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 6676". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. ^ "SN 2023txu". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 15 December 2024.