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NGC6963

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:47:19.0
Declination: +0:30:33
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: neb * 13 m
Sub-type: *2

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6963 is a double star found by Bigourdan just northwest of NGC 6965 with 
which it is often confused.  Bigourdan has two accurate measurements that 
point exactly to the double, and he also gives offsets to five neighboring 
objects in his remarks.  All of these can be easily and positively identified 
with nearby stars or galaxies, so there is no question about this 
identification.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6963

18" (8/1/05): this is a very faint double star at 12" separation, which was cleanly resolved at 160x and 225x.  The components are mag 15.0-15.5.  Located 1.5' N of NGC 6965.