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NGC6943

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:44:33.7
Declination: -68:44:53
Constellation: PAV
Visual Magnitude: 11.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, L, mE, vglbM vs *
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6943

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): bright, large, elongated ~5:2 NW-SE, 3.5'x1.5', sharply concentrated with a very small bright elongated core.  Spiral structure is evident in the halo, though I could not trace distinct arms.  A mag 9.5 star lies 5' NE.  Located 26' W of mag 5.4 Sigma Pavonis (2' pair with mag 7 HD 197569).  IC 5052, a beautiful thin edge-on, lies 43' SE.