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NGC6821

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:44:24.2
Declination: -6:50:4
Constellation: AQL
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, R
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6821

17.5" (9/15/90): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, broad mild concentration, fairly diffuse.  Palomar 11 lies 1.2 degrees south.