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NGC6869

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 20:0:42.3
Declination: +66:13:41
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: pB, pS, R
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6869 17.5" (8/13/88): moderately bright, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. Two mag 10 and 11 stars lie 4.5' SSE and 2.8' SSE, respectively.