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NGC6796

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 19:21:31.0
Declination: +61:8:42
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, pS, mE ns
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6796 17.5" (8/13/88): moderately bright, moderately large, pretty edge-on 4:1 N-S, 1.4'x0.3', bright core.