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NGC6968

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:48:32.4
Declination: -8:21:35
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, gbM, F * inv
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6968 is not IC 5062, which see.  Bigourdan saw and measured the two 
objects on the same night.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6968

17.5" (7/1/89): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 13 star is 55" NW of center.  A faint double star (IC 5062) is 7' W.