NGC 6947

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NGC 6947 est une vaste galaxie spirale barrée située dans la constellation du Microscope. Sa vitesse par rapport au fond diffus cosmologique est de 5 370 ± 18 km/s, ce qui correspond à une distance de Hubble de 79,2 ± 5,6 Mpc (∼258 millions d'al).

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Image: IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.