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NGC6859
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:3:49.5
Declination: +0:26:40
Constellation: AQL
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bond
Year of discovery: 1852
Discovery aperture: 15.0
Observational
Summary description: vS Cl, * 10 p 1s, s 1' 29" (Auw 46)
Sub-type: *3
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6859 is a triple star found by G.P. Bond and included in the Harvard Zone
catalogues. The description of the field, given in AN 1453, with the 10th
magnitude star near to the southwest is accurate, so there is no question
about the identification.
At least two of the stars appear to be double on the DSS2R image, so it is
perhaps more accurate to describe this as a quintuple star. However, neither
2MASS nor UCAC has resolved the doubles, so I am retaining the triple star
designation.