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NGC6948

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:43:28.9
Declination: -53:21:26
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, cE, lbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6948

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 1.6'x0.7', broadly concentrated to a brighter, elongated center but no distinct zones.  A 6' line connecting four mag 12-14 stars mag oriented SW to NE intersects the halo on the NW side.