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NGC 6946

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Right ascension: 20h 34m 52.33s
Declination: +60° 09′ 13.2″
Galactic l, b: 95.719, 11.67
Redshift z: 0.00015
Radial velocity: 44.965 km/s
Angular size: 11.48′ × 10.72′

Also known as

35 identifiers

2E 2033.9+60002E 43892MASX J20345233+60091322XMM J203452.4+60091287GB 203349.0+595856APG 29BWE 2033+5958GB6 B2033+5959IRAS 20338+5958IRAS 20338+5959IRAS F20338+5958JCMTSE J203452.0+600913JCMTSF J203452.0+600913LEDA 65001[M98c] 203348.8+595850MY 203351.2+595835.0MY 203351.2+600900.1NGC 6946PSCz Q20338+5958RX J2034.9+6010SPB 263TC 601UGC 11597UZC J203452.8+600911WB 2033+5958WN B2033.8+5958WN B2033.8+5958CZ 2033.8+5959Z 304-6[CAB95] IRAS F20338+5958[CHM2007] HDC 1123 J203452.33+6009132[CHM2007] LDC 1412 J203452.33+6009132MCG+10-29-006[NKB95] N6946[VDD93] 229

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Object	Type	Separation	V
RX J2034.8+6009	ULX Candidate	1.558″	—
[FHL2008] NGC 6946 47	SNRemnant	7.464″	—
[LDG97] 69	SNRemnant	11.76″	—
[LDG97] 63	SNRemnant	26.16″	—
SN 1968D	Supernova	49.99″	13.5
[SST2011] J203456.49+600834.1	ULX Candidate	50.04″	—
[LDG97] 34	SNRemnant	56.89″	—
IXO 85	ULX Candidate	58.26″	—
[FHL2008] NGC 6946 45	SNRemnant	68.16″	—
[BML2014] 25	SNRemnant	75.28″	—
[LDG97] 60	SNRemnant	79.12″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6946 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.