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NGC6861
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:7:19.4
Declination: -48:22:10
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 11.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: B, S, cE, gpmbM
Sub-type: E-S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6861 = IC 4949, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6861
18" (7/7/05 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:3 NW-SE, 1.3'x0.8', fairly well concentrated with a small brighter core. Forms the SW vertex of a triangle with two equal mag 12 stars just 1.6' NE and 2' E. IC 4943 was viewed 8.5' W and probably NGC 6861D 14' NE but then clouds moved in and ended the observation.
18" (7/10/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 128x this galaxy appeared moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE with a brighter core. Two nearby mag 12 stars, 1.6' NE and 2.0' E run parallel to the major axis of the galaxy. Brightest of four galaxies in field with IC 4943 8.5' W, NGC 6861B 14' SW and an anonymous galaxy 2.8' N of IC 4943. This is one of the brighter galaxies in the Telescopium Group = ACO S851.
8" (7/13/91 - Southern Baja): faint, small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, bright core. Forms the western vertex of an isosceles right triangle with two stars following [mag 12 star 1.6' NE and mag 12.5 star 2.0' E]. NGC 6868 lies 25' E. Brightest along with NGC 6868 in a group including IC 4943 8.5' W (not seen).