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NGC6862

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:8:54.5
Declination: -56:23:30
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, lE, glbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6862

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright, moderately large, round, 1' diameter, broad concentration .  Situated between a mag 14.5 star 1' W and a mag 15 star 1.4' E.  NGC 6855 lies 17' W.

NGC 6862 has a redshift of z = .014 (~200 million l.y.) and is superimposed in the foreground of AGC 3667, which has a mean z = .0556 (~750 million l.y.).