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NGC6773
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 19:15:8.0
Declination: +4:51:24
Constellation: AQL
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1830
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, P, lC
Sub-type: *Grp
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6773. This is a "Coarse; not very rich, eighth class" cluster found by
JH. His position refers to a pretty bright star, BD +04 4036, west of the
cluster's center where I place it in a 10 x 10 arcminute DSS field. In a 30
arcminute DSS field, the center moves on further east and a little north; the
cluster grows to 12.7 by 6.1 arcminutes with the long axis at position angle
60 degrees. Is it real? As with many other of these "clusters", only a
detailed study will tell.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6773
17.5" (7/27/95): unimpressive coarse group of ~20 stars in a 7'x2' rectangular outline elongated N-S and appears to be nothing but an asterism. Includes six brighter mag 9-11 stars. The stars in this weak asterism simply form the border and there are no stars inside. The extent of the group is arbitrary but I included a few mag 11 stars to the south giving the elongation. A mag 8.5 star located 14' NE is closely surrounded by a group of six faint stars. Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.