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NGC6855

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 20:6:49.7
Declination: -56:23:23
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: pF, S, R
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6855 30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, moderately large, round, 1.2' diameter, sharply concentrated to a very small bright core, hint of structure in the outer halo. A very faint star is superimposed just southeast of the core. An extremely faint star is just visible near the west edge of the halo. Forms a close pair with PGC 161935 2' SE and NGC 6862 lies 17' E.