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NGC6918

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:30:46.9
Declination: -47:28:27
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, * 12 att sp
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6918

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.6'x0.4', weak concentration.  A mag 13.7 star is barely off the southwest edge, just 24" from center.