NGC 6996 is a Association of Stars in the Cygnus constellation. NGC 6996 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. The image below is a photograph of NGC 6996 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky ...

From Virginia Beach , NGC6996 will become visible at around 18:14 (EST), 36° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 22:51. All times shown in Virginia Beach local time.

NGC 6996 is a cluster of stars directly north of the well-known North American nebula NGC 7000. In the Revised New General Catalog NGC 6996 and NGC 6997 are interchanged, so you should not be confused by this. Sometimes the two star clusters are even listed at the same position by star chart programs. About NGC 6996 only very sparse information ...

Thirty stars in the direction of the open cluster NGC 6996 are measured in the Vilnius photometric system. Photometric spectral types, absolute magnitudes, interstellar reddenings, extinctions, and distances are determined for most of them. Fifteen stars are suspected to be cluster members.

NGC 6996 is a Spiral Galaxy located in the constellation of Cygnus in the northern hemisphere. NGC 6996 is called NGC 6996 in the New General Catalogue (NGC). This catalogue is a list of deep space objects compiled by John Louis Emil Dreyer in 1888 to …

2023年10月22日 · NGC 6960 is called the Western Veil due to its position on the western side of the complex, but its appearance also leads to the designations Lace-Work Nebula, and Witch's Broom Nebula. The Cygnus Loop is 1500 to 1800 light years away, so the supernova remnant (SNR) is about 100 light years across.

NGC 6996 est un amas ouvert situé dans la constellation du Cygne. Il a été découvert par l'astronome britannique John Herschel en 1828 1. Très peu d'informations sont disponibles au sujet de cet amas. Le site WEBDA 3 ainsi que Wolfgang Steinicke 4 soutiennent qu'il s'agit du même amas que NGC 6997.

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Revised NGC Data for NGC 6996 Data from Wolfgang Steinicke's Revised NGC and IC Catalog. Object: NGC 6996 (*) Open Cluster, type III2p, in Cygnus Right Ascension (2000.0): …

2024年12月26日 · NGC 6996은 백조자리 방향으로 약 2,480 광년 떨어져 있는 산개성단 이다. 2. 상세 [편집] 1828년 10월 28일 윌리엄 허셜 에 의해 처음 발견된 산개성단 으로 인터넷 상에 성군 또는 성협 으로 잘못 기재한 사이트가 다수 존재하지만 대부분의 논문에서 NGC 6996을 대상으로 Open Cluster라는 단어를 사용하고 있으며 실질적으로도 산개성단으로 분류되고 있다.