NGC 6708

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. This group contains at least five galaxies, including NGC 6707, IC 4796, IC 4797, and ESO 183- G 030.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 6708:SN2004do was discovered by South African amateur astronomer on 4 August 2004.SN2011ce was discovered by The CHilean Automatic Supernova sEarch on 19 April 2011.SN2025tam was discovered by ATLAS on 2 August 2025.