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NGC6924

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:33:19.1
Declination: -25:28:28
Constellation: CAP
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, sbMN
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6924

17.5" (7/21/90): fairly faint, small, oval 3:2 NW-SE, bright core.  A mag 13 star is at the south tip.  NGC 6924 is at the southwestern end of AGC 3698 and also a member of the SSRS Group 74 triplet with NGC 6936 37' NE and ESO 528-021 25' NE.