NGC 6756

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NGC 6756

Summary

NGC 6756 is an open cluster[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6756 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6756's image is recorded as NGC 6756 PanS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6756's instance of is recorded as open cluster[5].
  • NGC 6756's constellation is recorded as Aquila[6].
  • NGC 6756's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6756[7].
  • NGC 6756's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6756[8].
  • NGC 6756's catalog code is recorded as OCL 99[9].
  • NGC 6756's catalog code is recorded as OCl 99[10].
  • NGC 6756's catalog code is recorded as C 1906+046[11].
  • NGC 6756's catalog code is recorded as OCISM 20[12].
  • NGC 6756's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 3052[13].
  • NGC 6756's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1791-08-21T00:00:00Z[14].
  • NGC 6756's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04gn_mj[15].
  • NGC 6756's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+10.6'}[16].
  • NGC 6756's metallicity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.08'}[17].
  • NGC 6756's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6756[18].
  • NGC 6756's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6756[19].
  • NGC 6756's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+287.1870'}[20].
  • NGC 6756's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+4.7170'}[21].
  • NGC 6756's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[22].
  • NGC 6756's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.43'}[23].
  • NGC 6756's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.03'}[24].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6756 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6756 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Global survey of star clusters in the Milky Way. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 6756. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6756
MLA “NGC 6756.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6756.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-6756_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6756}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6756}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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