NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC6912
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:26:52.1
Declination: -18:37:3
Constellation: CAP
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Holden
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 15.6
Observational
Summary description: vF, 2 st 14ยท15 np, * 8 f
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6912
17.5" (8/5/91): fairly faint, fairly small, oval 4:3 WSW-ENE, no significant central brightening, edges fade into background. Two mag 13.5 star are off the NE edge collinear with galaxy 1.4' and 2.2' from the center. A bright wide pair of stars mag 8.6 (SAO 163587) and 9.5 are about 6' NE. Pair with IC 1319 12' NW.
13" (7/20/85): faint, extremely diffuse, almost round, two faint stars 2' NE, two brighter stars 5' NE are collinear. Pair with IC 1319 12' NW.