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NGC 6656 8

Star SIMBAD * G2 18 papers

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Right ascension: 18h 36m 20.72s
Declination: −23° 55′ 27.3″
Galactic l, b: 9.8692, -7.549
Magnitude V: 10.88
Parallax: 0.2949 mas
Redshift z: -0.00058023
Radial velocity: -174 km/s
Proper motion: 8.868, -5.92 mas/yr

Also known as

11 identifiers

2MASS J18362071-2355270Cl* NGC 6656 SAW V8Gaia DR2 4077494517579748480Gaia DR3 4077494517579748480GCRV 11056NGC 6656 8TIC 150037561TYC 6858-1582-1UCAC4 331-170678WEB 15663CSI-23-18333 1

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6656 3025	Star	28.06″	12.66
PN GJJC 1	PlanetaryNeb	30.1″	—
OGLE BLG566.10 29216	RRLyrae	36.21″	14.17
NGC 6656 3006	Star	36.96″	12.82
OGLE BLG566.10 29209	RRLyrae	43.21″	14.19
OGLE BLG566.10 61242	RRLyrae	49.75″	14.1
OGLE BLG566.10 35079	RRLyrae	55.54″	14.28
NGC 6656 3045	RGB*	56.08″	12.86
OGLE BLG566.10 66564	RRLyrae	56.67″	14.27
NGC 6656 3035	ChemPec*	57.61″	12.36
NGC 6656 5004	Star	58.73″	12.42

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6656-8 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.