NGC 6946

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NGC 6946 -- HII Galaxy Origin of the objects types : (Ref) Object type as listed in the reference "Ref" (acronym) Object type linked to the acronym according to the original reference () Anterior to 2007, before we can link the objet type to a reference, or given by the CDS team in some particular cases Other object types: G (2011MNRAS,APG,...), Rad (BWE,GB6,...), X (2E,RX,...), smm (JCMTSE,JCMTSF), IR (IRAS,PSCz), H2G (2013MNRAS), GiG ([CHM2007]), G? (2012ApJ) Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference ICRS coord. (ep=J2000) : 20 34 52.332 +60 09 13.24 (Infrared) [ ] C 2006AJ....131.1163S Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference FK4 coord. (ep=B1950 eq=1950) : 20 33 49.241 +59 58 48.27 [ ] Syntax of coordinates is : "ra dec (wtype) [error ellipse] quality bibcode" : ra dec : right ascension and declination (unit and frame defined according to your Output Options) Grey values are increasing the original precision due to the computation of frame transformations (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the coordinates (Rad, mm, IR, Optical, UV, Xray, Gam) [error ellipse] : measurement uncertainty, on (ra,dec) if the positional angle is 90 degrees, on (majaxis,minaxis) otherwise (in mas at defined epoch in the original catalogue), position angle (in degrees North celestial pole to East) quality : flag of quality E ≥ 10" D : 1-10" (and some old data) C : 0.1-1" B : 0.01-0.1" + 2MASS, Tyc A : VLBI, Hipparcos bibcode : bibcode of the coordinates reference Gal coord. (ep=J2000) : 095.718766 +11.672736 [ ] Syntax of radial velocity (or/and redshift) is : "value [error] (wavelength) quality bibcode" value : radial velocity or/and redshift (Heliocentric frame) according to your Output Options (redshift may be not displayed if the data value is <0 and the database inside value is a radial velocity) [error] : error of the corresponding value displayed before (wavelength) : wavelength range of the measurement : Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam or  '∼'(unknown) quality : flag of quality ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the value's origin Radial velocity / Redshift / cz : V(km/s) 45 [7] / z(~) 0.000150 [0.000023] / cz 44.97 [6.90]    D 2002LEDA.........0P Syntax of morphological type is : mtype quality bibcode mtype : Hubble morphological class (spirals, ellipticals, etc) quality : flag of quality (A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the morphological type reference Morphological type: Sc C 2019MNRAS.485.1477K Syntax of angular size is : "maj-axis min-axis angle (wtype) quality bibcode" maj-axis : major axis size (arc minutes) min-axis : minor axis size (arc minutes) angle : orientation angle (in degrees) (wtype) : wavelength class for the origin of the angular size (Rad, mm, IR, Opt, UV, Xray, Gam) quality : flag of quality of the angular size values ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) bibcode : bibcode of the angular size reference Angular size (arcmin): 11.48 10.72 ~ (Opt) D 2003A&A...412...45P Syntax of fluxes (or magnitudes) is : "filter-name (System) flux-value [error] quality MultVarFlags bibcode" filter-name : U, B, V, R, I, G, J, H, K, u, g, r, i, z (System) : may be AB (default is Vega) flux-value : value of flux or magnitude [error] : error value quality : flag of quality of the flux value ( A=best quality -> E=worst quality, {� } =unknown quality) MultVarFlags : Mult is zero or one char (J) for joined photometry ; Var can be zero or two chars (V[0-4]) bibcode : bibcode of the flux reference Fluxes (4) : B 10.5 [~] E ~ J 6.270 [0.025] C 2006AJ....131.1163S H 5.913 [0.029] C 2006AJ....131.1163S K 5.369 [0.034] C 2006AJ....131.1163S	SIMBAD within arcmin ', {sourceSize:12, color:'#30a090'})); aladin.on('objectClicked', function(object) { var objName=object.data.MAIN_ID; aladin.showPopup(object.ra,object.dec,'',''+ objName+''); });" title="Show Simbad objects"> Overlay points in this preview 2MASS DSS SDSSXMMIRACIRISGALEX All (CDSPortal) Send to within arcsec The VizieR photometry tool allows for easy visualization of photometry points extracted around the Simbad position from photometry-enabled catalogues in VizieR. 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Some important notes on this object about identifications and objects associations. notes: See also NAME NGC 6946 GROUP See also Specfind radio flux densities.

NGC 6946	IRAS F20338+5958	RX J2034.9+6010	Z 304-6
APG 29	JCMTSE J203452.0+600913	SPB 263	Z 2033.8+5959
BWE 2033+5958	JCMTSF J203452.0+600913	TC 601	[CAB95] IRAS F20338+5958
2E 4389	LEDA 65001	UGC 11597	[CHM2007] HDC 1123 J203452.33+6009132
2E 2033.9+6000	2MASX J20345233+6009132	UZC J203452.8+600911	[CHM2007] LDC 1412 J203452.33+6009132
GB6 B2033+5959	MCG+10-29-006	WB 2033+5958	[M98c] 203348.8+595850
87GB 203349.0+595856	MY 203351.2+595835.0	WN B2033.8+5958C	[NKB95] N6946
IRAS 20338+5958	MY 203351.2+600900.1	WN B2033.8+5958	[VDD93] 229
IRAS 20338+5959	PSCz Q20338+5958	2XMM J203452.4+600912

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