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NGC6703
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:47:18.9
Declination: +45:33:3
Constellation: LYR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: B, S, R, mbM
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6703
17.5" (8/1/89): fairly bright, fairly small, round, very bright core, stellar nucleus. Located within a string of four mag 12/13 stars (two are south and two are north) including two mag 12.5 stars 1.3' S and 1.7' NNW of center. Forms an optical pair with NGC 6702 10' NNW, but NGC 6703 lies in the foreground at roughly half the distance.
8" (8/12/83): fairly faint, small, fairly high surface brightness, bright core. Collinear with two mag 12 stars to the SSW. NGC 6702 lies 10' NNW.