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NGC6739

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:7:48.7
Declination: -61:22:3
Constellation: PAV
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: cF, vS, cE, psbM, 3 st p
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6739.  There is no problem with the NGC identification, but the RC2
position for "A1903-61" points only at a star.  NGC 6739 is nearby to the
northwest, while a much fainter S0 is a bit closer to the northeast.  I do not
find this object in Sandage's southern redshift survey papers from which the 
RC2 references suggest it comes.  Curiously, N6739 is in those papers, though
three arcmin south of its correct position (probably a simple typo).

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6739

30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 394x; bright, moderately large oval, elongated 5:2 ~N-S, 1.5'x0.4'.  Contains a relatively large very bright core!  The 15' field contains several mag 13 and fainter stars, but no brighter stars.