Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- OpC
- Coordinates
- RA 299.8220° · Dec 56.1170°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- open cluster
- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Image
- NGC 6856 PanS.jpg
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- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1829-09-24
- catalog code
- NGC 6856
- right ascension
- 299.8220
- declination
- 56.1170
- epoch
- J2000.0
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.68
- declination component of proper motion
- -3.55
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