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NGC6797

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 19:29:0.6
Declination: -25:39:59
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information


Discoverer: Peters
Year of discovery: 1860
Discovery aperture: 13.5

Observational


Summary description: Neb with * 9 m att f
Sub-type: *2

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6797 is a triple star. Peters only gives its position and the note, "* 9m att f." The 9th magnitude star is there, but there is no nebulosity associated with the triple. Andris Lauberts was the first to identify this object correctly, in his ESO/Uppsala Catalogue.