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NGC 6990

spiral galaxy in the constellation Indus
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NGC 6990

Summary

NGC 6990 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 6990 has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 6990 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 6990's image is recorded as NGC 6990 legacy dr10.jpg[4].
  • NGC 6990's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 6990's constellation is recorded as Indus[6].
  • NGC 6990's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sa[7].
  • NGC 6990's galaxy morphological type is recorded as Sa:[8].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as NGC 6990[9].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as ESO 187-43[10].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 20562-5545[11].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as PGC 65862[12].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as 2MASX J20595692-5533431[13].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as ESO-LV 187-0430[14].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as 6dFGS gJ205956.9-553343[15].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as SGC 205613-5545.4[16].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as HIPASS J2100-55[17].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as LEDA 65862[18].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as APMBGC 187-017+037[19].
  • NGC 6990's catalog code is recorded as Gaia DR2 6458029443218043008[20].
  • NGC 6990's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1834-07-09T00:00:00Z[21].
  • NGC 6990's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.032'}[22].
  • NGC 6990's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.032000'}[23].
  • NGC 6990's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.1'}[24].
  • NGC 6990's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+13.99'}[25].
  • NGC 6990's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.99'}[26].
  • NGC 6990's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+19.4161'}[27].

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Works and Contributions

NGC 6990 is credited with the discovery of John Frederick William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 6990 has Wikipedia articles in 28 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] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . A large sample of southern IRAS galaxies: spectral classes and super clustering. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . A large sample of southern IRAS galaxies: spectral classes and super clustering. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . The surface photometry catalogue of the ESO-Uppsala galaxies. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_q1148948_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 6990}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q1148948}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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