NGC 6956

NGC 6956 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Delphinus. It is located at a distance of about 214 million light-years from Earth. Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel discovered this galaxy on 9 October 1784.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 6956:SN 2006it was discovered by Lick Observatory Supernova Search on 1 October 2006.SN 2013fa was discovered by Kōichi Itagaki on 25 August 2013.PSN J20435314+1230304 was discovered by Massimo Caimmi of the Italian Supernovae Search Project on 11 July 2015.