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NGC6824

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 19:43:40.5
Declination: +56:6:32
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1792
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, iF, bM
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6824

17.5" (6/8/91): moderately bright and large, 1.5'x1.1', elongated 4:3 SW-NE, bright core with a substellar nucleus, high surface brightness.  A mag 13.5 star is just off the south edge 34" from the center and a pretty yellow/blue double (Stein 2452 = 9.0/11.1 at 15") is 3.5' N.  Unusually bright for a galaxy in a Milky Way field.