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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
OpC
Distance
2,894 light-years
Redshift
z = -0.00006267472942678154
Coordinates
RA 314.1279° · Dec 44.6400°
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
open cluster
Constellation
Cygnus
Image
NGC 6997 PanS.jpg
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discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1786-10-24
catalog code
[KPS2012] MWSC 3432
apparent magnitude
10.0
right ascension
314.1300
declination
44.6100
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
-8.16
declination component of proper motion
-4.75

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