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NGC 6925

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ1148582 ↗
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NGC 6925 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Microscopium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2,572±15 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 123.7 ± 8.7 Mly (37.93 ± 2.66 Mpc). However, 34 non-redshift measurements give a much closer mean distance of 92.94 ± 2.66 Mly (28.497 ± 0.817 Mpc). It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 31 July 1834.

NGC 6925 is lens-shaped, as it lies almost edge on to observers on Earth. It lies 3.7 degrees west-northwest of Alpha Microscopii.

NGC 6925 group

NGC 6925 is the main galaxy in a group of galaxies that bears its name. The NGC 6925 group (also known as LGG 437) has at least four galaxies, including NGC 6923, IC 5020 and ESO 462-31.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 6925. SN 2011ei (Type IIb, mag.

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