NGC 6975 is part ofHickson Compact Group88, along withNGC 6977,NGC 6978,and MCG-01-53-014. The group is at a distance of about 273 million light years (84 million parsecs).[5]In 2012,supernovaSN 2012ga was discovered within NGC 6975.[6]
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