Object name: NGC6956
Designation(s): NGC6956, UGC11620, UGC11623,
LDCE 1416/KTG 71 is a triple galaxy system about 200 million light-years distant located in central Delphinus. The three members are NGC 6956/UGC 11619, UGC 11620 and UGC 11623.NGC 6956 was discovered by William Herschel on October 19, 1784 though it isn\'t in either Herschel 400 observing list. It is classified as SBb. It\'s two arms are quite unsymmetrical. It appears to have many star clusters along is arms. It is quite large at about 90,000 light-years in diameter.UGC 11620 is classified as Sb. It appears to be a red spiral indicating star formation has mostly ended for this galaxy. UGC 11623 is classified as SB(r)a. All have redshift values that indicate these are the same distance and thus a related group. The field is in the Zone of Avoidance\" so poorly studied. All objects NED lists as galaxies are shown in the annotated image. Obviously, there are many more galaxies in the image. Some of these are listed as UvS objects (Ultraviolet sources) rather than galaxies. The position of these is approximate. Most NED lists are just stars. Within a 20 minute radius of NGC 6956 NED lists over 1000 UvS objects. I didn\'t bother to annotate those that are galaxies. Sorting out stars from galaxies would take many hours I don\'t have to spare.14\" LX200R @ f/10, L=4x10\' RGB=2x10\', STL-11000XM, Paramount ME
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Alternate Designation(s): 2MASS J20435372+1230429, 2MASX J20435368+1230429, 2MASXi J2043537+123040, AKARI J2043538+123031, AKARI J2044098+122501, CGCG 2041.6+1220, CGCG 2041.8+1214, CGCG 2042.1+1219, CGCG 425-001, CGCG 425-002, CGCG 425-003, GALEXASC J204409.67+122505.9 , HDCE 1121 NED001, IRAS 20415+1219, IRAS 20417+1214, IRAS F20415+1219, IRAS F20417+1214, KAZ 507, KTG 71A, KTG 71B, KTG 71C, LDCE 1416 NED001, LGG 440:[G93] 001, LGG 440:[G93] 002, LGG 440:[G93] 003, MCG +02-53-001, MCG +02-53-002, MCG +02-53-003, NGC 6956, NGC6956, NPM1G +12.0503, NVSS J204409+122505, PGC 065269, PGC 065281, PGC 065293, UGC 11619, UGC 11620, UGC 11623, UGC11620, UGC11623, USGC U791 NED01, USGC U791 NED02, USGC U791 NED03, UZC J204353.7+123043, UZC J204409.7+122505, UZC J204426.6+122952, UZC-CG 271 NED01, UZC-CG 271 NED02, UZC-CG 271 NED03,