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NGC6868
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:9:54.0
Declination: -48:22:48
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 10.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vB, S, R, pgvmbM
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6868
18" (7/10/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this giant elliptical is one of the brightest members of the Telescopium Group (ACO S851), at a distance of roughly 120 million light-years. At 128x, NGC 6868 appeared moderately bright and large, slightly elongated E-W, ~1.5'x1.2'. Contains a bright core that is concentrated to the center. Forms the southern vertex of an equilateral triangle with members NGC 6870 6' NNE and ESO 233-035 7' NW.
8" (7/13/91 - Southern Baja): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 N-S, bright core. Pair with NGC 6870 6.2' NNE and brightest with NGC 6861 in a group.