NGC 6946

RA:

20 : 34.8

Dec:

+60 : 09

Type:

Sc

RV:

+338 km/s

Distance:

10,000 kly

Apparent Dimension:

11 x 10 arc min

Diameter:

Brightness:

+8.9 mag

Abs. Mag:

Mass:

In the times of early redshift and distance determinations, and the discovery of the Local Group, this galaxy was suspeted by E.P. Hubble to be an outlying member of the Local Group. It truned out later that at its distance of about 10 million light-years, it lies clearly beyond.