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NGC 6656 2023

Star SIMBAD * 12 papers

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Right ascension: 18h 36m 16.86s
Declination: −23° 52′ 13.6″
Galactic l, b: 9.9111, -7.512
Magnitude V: 12.63
Parallax: 0.3748 mas
Redshift z: -0.00047725
Radial velocity: -143.11 km/s
Proper motion: 9.944, -5.62 mas/yr

Also known as

7 identifiers

2MASS J18361685-2352135Cl* NGC 6656 ALC 1003Gaia DR2 4077591682525195520Gaia DR3 4077591682525195520NGC 6656 2023TIC 502187[BH2018] J279.070234-23.870441

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6656 2012	ChemPec*	32.88″	13.53
OGLE BLG566.10 40816	RRLyrae	51.31″	14.19
UCAC4 331-170482	**	52.67″	12.58
Cl* NGC 6656 CUD 635	ChemPec*	57.1″	13.29
UCAC4 331-170505	HorBranch*	58.28″	—
NGC 6656 2100	Star	58.67″	12.99
NGC 6656 2098	RGB*	67.32″	12.32
NGC 6656 2010	Star	76.11″	13.33
2MASS J18362188-2352478	Star	76.91″	—
NGC 6656 2030	Star	81.52″	12.19
NGC 6656 2015	Star	86.4″	13.37

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6656-2023 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.