NGC6956 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC6956 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (PDT), 47° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:09, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:56, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC6956
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 20h43m [3] |
| Declination: | +12°30' [3] |
| Constellation: | Delphinus |
| Magnitude: | 13.40 (B) [1] 10.18 (J) [1] 9.51 (H) [1] 9.18 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | Sb |
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