NGC 6925

{{Short description|Spiral galaxy in the constellation Microscopium}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 6925

| epoch = J2000

| image = NGC 6925 DSS.jpg

| pronounce =

| constellation name = Microscopium

| ra = {{RA|20|34|20.566}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 6925|access-date=25 March 2015}}

| dec = {{DEC|-31|58|51.20}}

| z = 0.009317

| h_radial_v = 2780.1 km/s

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = {{convert|30.543|+/-|4.162|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite web|url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC+6925&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=NED results for object NGC 6925|access-date=13 February 2017|publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Infrared Processing and Analysis Center }}

| group_cluster =

| type = SA(s)bc

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| stars =

| appmag_v = 11.3

| appmag_b = 12.09

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 3.100{{prime}} × 1.116{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = IC 5015, MCG-05-48-022, PGC 64980, IRAS 20312-3209

| references =

}}

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.{{cite book | first=Michael E. | last=Bakich | date=2010 | page=289 | title=1001 Celestial Wonders to See Before You Die: The Best Sky Objects for Star Gazers | series=Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series | publisher=Springer | isbn=978-1-4419-1776-8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEhpS7d5ZdAC&pg=PA289}}

SN 2011ei, a Type II supernova in NGC 6925, was discovered by Stu Parker in New Zealand in July 2011.{{cite web|title=Supernova 2011ei in NGC 6925|url=http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011ei.html|website=Rochester Astronomy|access-date=20 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620113815/http://www.rochesterastronomy.org/sn2011/sn2011ei.html|archive-date=20 June 2015|url-status=dead}}