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NGC6955

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:44:17.9
Declination: +2:35:43
Constellation: DEL
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, R
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6955

17.5" (8/1/87): extremely faint, fairly small, very diffuse, low surface brightness, requires averted vision.  Pair with NGC 6957 7.4' E.  Located 37' S of NGC 6954.