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NGC6970

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:52:9.4
Declination: -48:46:41
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, lE, gbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6970

30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): bright, moderately large, elongated 4:3 WNW-ESE, sharply concentrated with a very small, bright core punctuated by a quasi-stellar nucleus.  A very faint star is superimposed on the halo.  A scattered group of mag 12-14 stars lies 5' S.