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NGC6746

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:10:22.3
Declination: -61:58:6
Constellation: PAV
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, cS, R, glbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6746

30" (10/12/15 - OzSky): at 394x; moderately bright or fairly bright, fairly small, elongated 5:3 N-S, ~50"x30".  Contains a brighter core that occasionally appears elongated (bar?).  Situated in a dazzling star field with four brighter stars in the 15' field including mag 8.5 HD 178086 6' ENE, mag 9.1 HD 177670 5' W and mag 9.4 HD 177926 3' SE.