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NGC6794

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:28:3.8
Declination: -38:55:7
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, vgvlbM
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6794

17.5" (7/20/96): very faint, fairly small, round, ~40" diameter.  Low surface brightness with no concentration although may be hampered by very low elevation.  A mag 14 star is 1.4' ENE.  Located 3.7' E of a mag 10 star.