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Names NGC 6690, NGC 6689, UGC 11300, PGC 62077, MCG +12-17-026
Right Ascension (2000.0) 18:34:50.2
Declination +70:31:26
Constellation Draco
Redshift (z) 0.001558 +/- 0.000003
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 467 +/- 1 km/s
Distance (esteem) 17,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 21/07/2012
Exposure time 13,500 seconds (9 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
The distance, calculated with the Tully-Fisher method, is 46,300,000 light-years.
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