NGC 6857

Summary

NGC 6857 is a H II region^[1]. It draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #37 of 78).^[2]

Key Facts

• NGC 6857 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].
• NGC 6857's image is recorded as NGC6857 - SDSS DR14.jpg^[4].
• NGC 6857's instance of is recorded as H II region^[5].
• NGC 6857's constellation is recorded as Cygnus^[6].
• NGC 6857's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6857^[7].
• NGC 6857's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6857^[8].
• NGC 6857's catalog code is recorded as PK 070+01 2^[9].
• NGC 6857's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-09-05T00:00:00Z^[10].
• NGC 6857's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/121362by^[11].
• NGC 6857's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 6857^[12].
• NGC 6857's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 6857^[13].
• NGC 6857's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+300.448958'}^[14].
• NGC 6857's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+33.527278'}^[15].
• NGC 6857's epoch is recorded as J2000.0^[16].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6857 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel^[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6857 draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (h_ii_region category, ranking #37 of 78).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]