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NGC 6871

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Right ascension: 20h 06m 11.50s
Declination: +35° 45′ 54.0″
Galactic l, b: 72.658, 2.012
Magnitude V: 5.2
Parallax: 0.514 mas
Redshift z: -4.165e-05
Radial velocity: -12.488 km/s
Proper motion: -3.129, -6.437 mas/yr
Angular size: 44.5′ × 44.5′

Also known as

7 identifiers

C 2004+356NGC 6871OCISM 28OCl 148OCl 148.0[KPR2004b] 476[KPS2012] MWSC 3253

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6871 21	Star	94.9″	11.68
[MJD95] J200602.01+354551.4	Star	115.9″	13.61
HD 227634	Star	123.4″	7.92
BD+35 3956	Star	140.6″	8.86
NGC 6871 28	Star	143.9″	12.68
HD 227659	Star	145.2″	10.33
ZTF J200600.27+354455.7	RSCVnV*	148.4″	15.44
UCAC2 44367514	Star	164.3″	11.34
NGC 6871 25	Star	171.3″	11.9
[MJD95] J200559.40+354734.2	Star	178.5″	13.62
NGC 6871 24	Star	182.9″	11.72

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6871 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.