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NGC 3496

Summary

NGC 3496 is a star cluster[1]. NGC 3496 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 3496 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 3496's image is recorded as NGC 3496 DSS.jpg[4].
  • NGC 3496's instance of is recorded as star cluster[5].
  • NGC 3496's constellation is recorded as Carina[6].
  • NGC 3496's catalog code is recorded as NGC 3496[7].
  • NGC 3496's catalog code is recorded as C 1057-600[8].
  • NGC 3496's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1878[9].
  • NGC 3496's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-03-14T00:00:00Z[10].
  • NGC 3496's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+9.02'}[11].
  • NGC 3496's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+8.2'}[12].
  • NGC 3496's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3674704', 'amount': '+3.2'}[13].
  • NGC 3496's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q12129', 'amount': '+990'}[14].
  • NGC 3496's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/122rv8tf[15].
  • NGC 3496's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 3496[16].
  • NGC 3496's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 3496[17].
  • NGC 3496's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+164.9000'}[18].
  • NGC 3496's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '-60.3367'}[19].
  • NGC 3496's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[20].
  • NGC 3496's declination component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-1.14'}[21].
  • NGC 3496's right ascension component of proper motion is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q22137107', 'amount': '-3.61'}[22].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 3496 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 3496 has Wikipedia articles in 22 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Astrophysical parameters of Galactic open clusters. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . The orbits of open clusters in the Galaxy. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Proper motions of the optically visible open clusters based on the UCAC4 catalog. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 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 3496. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1105059
MLA “NGC 3496.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1105059.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_q1105059_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 3496}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1105059}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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