NGC 896

H II region in the constellation Cassiopeia
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NGC 896

Summary

NGC 896 is a H II region[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 896 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 896's image is recorded as Heart Nebula IC 1805 NGC 896.jpg[4].
  • NGC 896's instance of is recorded as H II region[5].
  • NGC 896's instance of is recorded as interstellar medium[6].
  • NGC 896's constellation is recorded as Cassiopeia[7].
  • NGC 896's part of is recorded as Heart Nebula[8].
  • NGC 896's Commons category is recorded as NGC 896[9].
  • NGC 896's catalog code is recorded as NGC 896[10].
  • NGC 896's catalog code is recorded as SG 1.04[11].
  • NGC 896's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1787-11-03T00:00:00Z[12].
  • NGC 896's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122j8bkq[13].
  • NGC 896's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 896[14].
  • NGC 896's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 896[15].
  • NGC 896's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+36.450'}[16].
  • NGC 896's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+61.983'}[17].
  • NGC 896's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[18].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 896 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 896 has Wikipedia articles in 7 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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). NGC 896. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-896
MLA “NGC 896.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-896.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ngc-896_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 896}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ngc-896}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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