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NGC6896
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:18:3.6
Declination: +30:38:26
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl (+ neb ?), S, st vS
Sub-type: *2
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6896. There is only a double star at d'A's position. He has three
accordant observations, and I do not see any mistake in the transcription into
GC and NGC. However, d'A does mention an RA error in his first observation,
but adds that the following two observations correct it. Whatever happened,
the RA on all three nights is the same, "20 12 28".
His descriptions on all three nights are pretty accordant: "A small
accumulation [of stars], mixed with nebulosity", "A collection of three or
four stars of 15th or 16th magnitude", and "[A] mass of stars". The only
object near his position is the double star, so that is what I have taken as
his object.