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NGC6844

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:2:50.0
Declination: -65:13:44
Constellation: PAV
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, psbM, * 11 np
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6844

30" (10/9/15 - OzSky): at 303x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 N-S, ~50"x36", sharply concentrated with a very bright core that increases to a stellar nucleus.  A collinear trio of mag 11.5/13/12.5 stars oriented E-W extends to the west beginning 1.5' WNW.  Located 4.8' NW of mag 8.2 HD 189274.