Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- LIN
- Distance
- 509,619 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.006357929033642407
- Morphology
- SBc
- Coordinates
- RA 233.7439° · Dec 11.7503°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Part of
- Virgo Cluster
- Constellation
- Serpens
- Distance from Earth
- 29.8
- Image
- NGC5956 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 1166409183681449728
- time of discovery or invention
- 1865-04-29
- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- redshift
- 0.006334
- galaxy morphological type
- SBc
- apparent magnitude
- 11.996
- radial velocity
- 1898
- right ascension
- 233.74389694407810
- declination
- 11.75026088153640
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 5956
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