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NGC6814

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 19:42:40.5
Declination: -10:19:28
Constellation: AQL
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: pF, pL, R, bM, r
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6814 24" (8/7/13): fairly bright, fairly large, round, ~1.5' diameter. Well concentrated with a bright core that increases to a very bright nucleus. A mag 13 star lies 1' NW and two mag 14/14.4 stars are a bit further northeast. Spiral structure is strongly suggested in the halo with an ill-defined segment of a curving arm on the east side and a counterpart on the west side. A very faint star (V = 15.6) is superimposed on the western arm. 13.1" (7/20/85): this Seyfert galaxy appears fairly faint, round, 2.0' diameter, broad concentration, stellar nucleus, diffuse outer halo. 8" (8/15/82): faint, small, slightly brighter core, larger faint halo with averted.