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NGC6851

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 20:3:34.3
Declination: -48:17:4
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: pF, S, vlE, psbM
Sub-type: E3

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6851A = NGC 6861A, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6851 18" (7/10/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x, it appeared moderately bright and large, oval 4:3 NNW-SSE, 1.2'x0.9'. The galaxy is well-concentrated with a bright core and is collinear with two mag 9.5 stars 5' SE and 13' SE. NGC 6851 is a member of the loose Telescopium Group (ACO S851) with dominant members NGC 6861 and NGC 6868.