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NGC6801

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 19:27:35.9
Declination: +54:22:21
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, pS, R, F * s nr
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6801 17.5" (7/20/90): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, bright core. A mag 13.5 star is off the SW end.