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NGC6881

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:10:52.5
Declination: +37:24:44
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Pickering
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 15.0

Observational

Summary description: planetary, stellar
Sub-type: PN

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6881

13.1" (8/7/85): visible as a mag 13.5 "star" without a filter.  Verified with OIII blinking and appears brighter than a mag 12 just 44" SE.  Stellar at 144x.  Located in a rich Milky Way field.  Several bright stars are near including mag 8.7 SAO 69561 3.6' NNW, mag 8.5 SAO 69557 4.2' NW and mag 9.5 SAO 69565 3.4' SSE.