NGC6708 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Telescopium. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is , which corresponds to a Hubble distance of . Additionally, one non-redshift measurement gives a similar distance of . It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 9 June 1836.
IC 4797 group According to A. M. Garcia, NGC 6708 is part of the IC 4797 group (also known as LGG 425). This group contains at least five galaxies, including , , , and .
Supernovae Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 6708: SN2004do (TypeIa, mag. 16.3) was discovered by South African amateur astronomer on 4 August 2004. SN2011ce (TypeIax, mag. 15.8) was discovered by The CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch (CHASE) on 19 April 2011. It was initially classified as TypeIa-pec, but later analysis concluded that it was Type Iax. SN2025tam (TypeII, mag. 16.044) was discovered by ATLAS on 2 August 2025.
See also List of NGC objects (6001–7000)
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