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NGC6867

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:10:30.0
Declination: -54:47:3
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eeF, L, pmE
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6867

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated at least 4:1 NNW-SSE, 1.5'x0.35', tapers at the NNW and SSE tips, broad weak concentration.  Nearly collinear with a mag 9.5 star 3.5' ENE and a mag 10.5 star 6.6' NE.