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NGC6798

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:24:3.1
Declination: +53:37:27
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, * v nr
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6798 = IC 1300, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6798

17.5" (7/20/90): fairly faint, small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star is off the SE edge 43" from center.