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NGC6762
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 19:5:37.0
Declination: +63:56:3
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, mE
Sub-type: S0-a
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6762 = NGC 6763. The identity was first suggested by Howe. He apparently
had a letter from Swift confirming that the two numbers apply to the same
galaxy as he starts his note in MN 61, 42, 1900 by saying "These are
identical; Swift admits it." Since Swift found them on different nights (30
August 1883 and 30 April 1884), and gave them virtually identical positions,
there is little doubt that they indeed refer to the same galaxy -- especially
as there is only one galaxy here bright enough for Swift to have seen.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6762
17.5" (8/13/88): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 WNW-ESE, small bright core. A mag 14.5 star is 1.0' NW and a mag 12 star is 2.0' NW.