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NGC6805

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:36:45.8
Declination: -37:33:14
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, R, vgbM
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6805

17.5" (7/20/96): very faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, slightly brighter core.  A mag 13.5 star lies 1.7' ESE.  Viewing suffers due to low elevation.