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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

===== 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.