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NGC 6056

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Right ascension: 16h 05m 31.28s
Declination: +17° 57′ 49.1″
Galactic l, b: 31.902, 44.54
Redshift z: 0.03935
Radial velocity: 11,565 km/s
Angular size: 1.243′ × 0.6477′

Also known as

19 identifiers

2MASX J16053126+1757488[BO85] ACO 2151 7[BO85] Herc 7[D80] ACO 2151 101Gaia DR2 1199943841653280896Gaia DR3 1199943841653801600IC 1176LEDA 57075NFP J160531.3+175750NGC 6056SDSS J160531.28+175749.0UZC J160531.3+175749Z 108-122Z 1603.2+1806[BDS93] 85[DKP87] 160316.62+180553.5MCG+03-41-100[MGT95] a-108[TGM94] 160317+180554

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
SDSS J160530.50+175943.0	QSO	114.5″	—
2MASX J16052944+1755428	AGN	128.9″	—
2MASX J16052200+1758126	GtowardsCl	134.7″	—
MCG+03-41-096	AGN	204.6″	—
2MASX J16054513+1755339	GtowardsCl	239.4″	—
SDSS J160523.80+180158.8	QSO	271.6″	—
Z 108-135	LINER	287.4″	—
NGC 6053	GtowardsCl	354.2″	—
LEDA 1548961	Galaxy	365.1″	—
LEDA 1549225	GtowardsCl	384.1″	—
2MASX J16052251+1751178	GtowardsCl	410.3″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6056 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.