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NGC6954

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 20:44:3.3
Declination: +3:12:34
Constellation: DEL
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, vlE
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6954 18" (9/10/07): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, irregular oval 0.5'x0.35', weak concentration to a very small brighter core and occasional stellar nucleus. A mag 12.5 star lies 1.6' S. 17.5" (8/1/87): fairly faint, small, oval WSW-ENE, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus. NGC 6955 lies 37' S. 13" (6/29/84): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated WSW-ENE, weakly concentrated.