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NGC6947

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:41:15.0
Declination: -32:29:11
Constellation: MIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, L, R, gbM
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6947

17.5" (8/5/91): faint, small, irregularly round, low even surface brightness, ill-defined edges.  A mag 12 star is just off the NW edge 1.3' from the center and a mag 11 star is 2.8' SW.