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NGC6920
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:43:57.1
Declination: -80:0:1
Constellation: OCT
Visual Magnitude: 11.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, cS, R, psmbM
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6920
24" (4/12/08 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 200x, this far southern galaxy appeared moderately bright, fairly small, round, sharply concentrated with a very small intense core, 35" diameter. This is one of only 7 NGC galaxies south of -80¡ declination.