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NGC 6956

GtowardsGroup SIMBAD GiG 53 papers
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Right ascension
20h 43m 53.72s
Declination
+12° 30′ 42.9″
Galactic l, b
57.99, -18.1
Redshift z
0.015561
Radial velocity
4,628.8 km/s
Angular size
1.397′ × 0.978′

Also known as

14 identifiers

2MASX J20435368+1230429Gaia DR2 1755190135574395648Gaia DR3 1755190135576356736IRAS 20415+1219LEDA 65269NGC 6956PSCz Q20415+1219UGC 11619UZC J204353.7+123043Z 2041.6+1220Z 425-1[CHM2007] HDC 1121 J204353.68+1230429[CHM2007] LDC 1416 J204353.68+1230429MCG+02-53-001

In the same field

within 9 arcmin · wider search
ObjectTypeSeparationV
SN 2013fa Supernova 9.466″ —
PSN J20435314+1230304 Supernova 14.57″ —
SN 2006it Supernova 36.34″ 17.6
USGC U791 Compact Gr G 269.9″ —
Z 425-2 GtowardsGroup 410.9″ —
Z 425-3 GtowardsGroup 484.5″ —

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6956 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.