NGC 6769

NGC 6769 is a peculiar spiral galaxy in the constellation of Pavo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 11 August 1836.

NGC 6769 along with NGC 6770 are listed as VV304 in the catalog of Vorontsov-Vel'yaminov Interacting Galaxies. Together with NGC 6771, the grouping of the 3 galaxies is sometimes called "The Devil's Mask."

IC 4845 group

NGC 6769 is a member of the IC 4845 galaxy group (also known as LGG 427), which contains 14 members, including NGC 6739, NGC 6746, NGC 6770, NGC 6782, IC 4827, IC 4828, IC 4831, IC 4838, IC 4842, IC 4845, IC 4866, and ESO 141-21.

Supernovae

Two supernovae have been observed in NGC 6769:

• SN 1997de (TypeIa, mag. 18.2) was discovered by Alexander Wassilieff, and independently by Brendan Downs, on 27 August 1997.
• SN 2006ox (type unknown, mag. 15.3) was discovered by on 26 November 2006.

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See also

• List of NGC objects (6001–7000)

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