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NGC6849

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:6:15.6
Declination: -40:11:54
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, vS * np
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6849

17.5" (10/5/91): faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, weak concentration, diffuse halo fades into background.  A mag 13 star is off the east side 1.4' from center.  Located 3.5' S of a mag 10 star.  Low elevation detracts from viewing.  John Herschel's position was exactly 5 tmin of RA to the west so this identification not certain.