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NGC6892

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:16:57.1
Declination: +18:1:12
Constellation: SGE
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF neb * (? eS Cl)
Sub-type: *4

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6892 is a group of four faint stars a bit southeast of d'A's position 
(from a single observation).  His description fits, too -- d'A suspected the 
object to be resolvable, but was not able to do so with his 231X eyepiece.
The summary description in the NGC is an accurate assessment of how the object
must appear in a moderate sized telescope at fairly high power.

Also see IC 1312 for a bit more on the field around this object.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6892

24" (7/16/15): at 375x, this asterism consists of three mag 13.5-14.5 stars resolved in a small 15" knot, including a 5" pair.  A brighter mag 13.0 star is 30" SW.