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NGC6909

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:27:38.8
Declination: -47:1:38
Constellation: TEL
Visual Magnitude: 11.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, gbM, 2 st 10 nr
Sub-type: E5

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6909

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, 1.4'x0.6'; sharply concentrated with a very bright and small core, increasing to bright stellar nucleus.  A mag 15 star lies 0.6' S of center and a mag 13 star is 1.3' SE.  Two mag 9-9.5 stars lie 8' NE and another mag 9.5 is 12' NE.