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NGC6916

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 20:23:33.1
Declination: +58:20:39
Constellation: CYG
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eeF, pS, F * close p, v diffic
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6916 17.5" (8/7/91): very faint, small, elongated 2:1 E-W. A mag 14 star is at the west end 25" from center.