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NGC6704

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:50:45.8
Declination: -5:12:18
Constellation: SCT
Visual Magnitude: 9.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Winnecke
Year of discovery: 1854
Discovery aperture: 3.0

Observational

Summary description: Cl, B, 60 st 13 (Auw 43)
Sub-type: I3m

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6704

17.5" (7/1/89): at 220x, 40 stars mag 12-15 are visible over unresolved haze, elongated N-S.  Three collinear mag 12.5 stars oriented NNW-SSE are equally spaced near the center.  Located 55' N of M11.