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NGC 5956

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Right ascension: 15h 34m 58.53s
Declination: +11° 45′ 00.9″
Galactic l, b: 19.227, 48.73
Parallax: 0.0064 mas
Redshift z: 0.0063579
Radial velocity: 1,900 km/s
Proper motion: 1.218, 0.171 mas/yr
Angular size: 1.367′ × 1.206′

Also known as

22 identifiers

2MASX J15345850+1145012Gaia DR2 1166409183681449728Gaia DR3 1166409183681449728IRAS 15326+1154IRAS F15326+1154ISOSS J15349+1144LEDA 55501[M98c] 153235.8+115500NGC 5956SDSS J153458.54+114500.9SDSS J153458.54+114501.0TC 332UGC 9908UZC J153458.5+114501Z 1532.6+1155Z 78-17[CHM2007] HDC 911 J153458.50+1145012[CHM2007] LDC 1138 J153458.50+1145012MCG+02-40-003[SLK2000] 72[SLK2004] 1147[TGM94] 153236+115500

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NVSS J153503+114704	RadioG	142.2″	—
FIRST J153516.8+114036	RadioG	377.3″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-5956 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.