NGC 6925

NGC 6925 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Microscopium of apparent magnitude 11.3. It is lens-shaped, as it lies almost edge on to observers on Earth. It lies 3.7 degrees west-northwest of Alpha Microscopii.^[3]

NGC 6925
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Microscopium
Right ascension	20h 34m 20.566s[1]
Declination	−31° 58′ 51.20″[1]
Redshift	0.009317[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	2780.1 km/s[1]
Distance	99.62 ± 13.57 Mly (30.543 ± 4.162 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.3[1]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.09[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA(s)bc[2]
Apparent size (V)	3.100′ × 1.116′[1]
Other designations
IC 5015, MCG-05-48-022, PGC 64980, IRAS 20312-3209[2]

SN 2011ei, a Type II supernova in NGC 6925, was discovered by Stu Parker in New Zealand in July 2011.^[4]