| NGC 6956 | |
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NGC 6956 by Hubble Space Telescope
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| Constellation | Delphinus[1] |
| Right ascension | 20h43m 53.40s[1] |
| Declination | +12° 30′ 41.0″[1] |
| Other designations | |
| IRAS 20415+1219, 2MASX J20435368+1230429, NGC 6956, UGC 11619, MCG +02-53-001, PGC 65269[2] | |
NGC 6956 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Delphinus.[1] It is located at a distance of about 214 million light-years from Earth. Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel discovered this galaxy on 9 October 1784.
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 6956: SN 2006it (type IIP, mag. 17.6),[3] SN 2013fa (type Ia, mag. 16.2),[4] and SN PSNJ20435314+1230304 (type Ia, mag. 15.8, discovered 11 July 2015).[5]
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