NGC 6905

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NGC 6905

Summary

NGC 6905 is a planetary nebula[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #29 of 61).[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6905 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6905's image is recorded as NGC 6905 - VLT(FORS2) - RHaBOIII.png[4].
  • NGC 6905's instance of is recorded as planetary nebula[5].
  • NGC 6905's constellation is recorded as Delphinus[6].
  • NGC 6905's spectral class is recorded as [WO2][7].
  • NGC 6905's Commons category is recorded as NGC 6905[8].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6905[9].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as PK 61-9.1[10].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J20222299+2006162[11].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as CSI+19-20201[12].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as GCRV 12720[13].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as GSC 01639-01907[14].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as HD 193949[15].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 20201+1956[16].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as PK 061-09 1[17].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as PLX 4855[18].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as PLX 4855.00[19].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as GB6 B2020+1956[20].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as WEB 18141[21].
  • NGC 6905's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 1816547660416810880[22].
  • NGC 6905's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1784-09-16T00:00:00Z[23].
  • NGC 6905's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5'}[24].
  • NGC 6905's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+16.3'}[25].
  • NGC 6905's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+14.5545'}[26].
  • NGC 6905's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+12.951'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6905 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6905 draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_nebula category, ranking #29 of 61).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Quantitative classification of WR nuclei of planetary nebulae. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . cseligman.com. Retrieved . cseligman.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . The General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes, Fourth Edition. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 6905. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6905
MLA “NGC 6905.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6905.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-6905_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6905}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-6905}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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