NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC6898
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:21:8.0
Declination: -12:21:32
Constellation: CAP
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F, S, iR
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6898
17.5" (9/7/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, brighter middle, small bright core. A mag 12 star is just off the SSE edge 39" from center. Pair with NGC 6897 6.5' NNW.