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NGC 6978

LINER SIMBAD LIN 92 papers

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Right ascension: 20h 52m 35.43s
Declination: −05° 42′ 40.0″
Galactic l, b: 42.204, -29.47
Redshift z: 0.01991
Radial velocity: 5,909.5 km/s
Angular size: 1.157′ × 0.463′

Also known as

12 identifiers

2MASX J20523547-05423996dFGS gJ205235.5-054240dCAZ94 HCG 88-01dCAZ94 HCG 88-01aGaia DR2 6913283022980111488Gaia DR3 6913283022980111488HCG 88aIRAS F20499-0554LEDA 65631NGC 6978SDSS J205235.43-054240.0MCG-01-53-017

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
NGC 6977	LINER	152.2″	—
LEDA 1041189	GtowardsGroup	188.5″	—
HCG 88	Compact Gr G	220.7″	—
NGC 6976	AGN Candidate	261.2″	—
SN 2012ga	Supernova	265.1″	—
SDSS J205230.29-054732.5	WhiteDwarf	302.4″	—
LEDA 1040409	GtowardsGroup	319.6″	—
MCG-01-53-014	EmissionG	461.6″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-6978 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.