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NGC 6996

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Object type: OpC
Distance: 2,871 light-years
Redshift: z = -0.00006224112318531372
Coordinates: RA 314.1292° · Dec 44.6222°

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Instance of: asterism
Constellation: Cygnus
Image: NGC 6996 PanS.jpg

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catalog code: NGC 6996
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1828-10-28
apparent magnitude: 10
epoch: J2000.0
declination: 45.4700
right ascension: 314.1042

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