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NGC6863

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:5:7.3
Declination: -3:33:13
Constellation: AQL
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, S, vmC, st 19
Sub-type: *Grp

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6863.  JH's description is exactly right:  "A little compact knot of 7 or
8 stars taken at first for a nebula (and liable to be mistaken for one 
hereafter).  Stars 19 m."  His position is also exactly on the asterism, so
there is no doubt of the identification or the object type.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6863

17.5" (9/23/95): at 225x five mag 14-15 stars are resolved within a 1' region.  Detached in field and nebulous at low power but unimpressive at high power. Appears fully resolved and just an asterism though may be a possible "open cluster remnant".  There are no brighter stars within the 20' field at 225x.