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NGC6971

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 20:49:23.7
Declination: +5:59:43
Constellation: DEL
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6971

17.5" (8/1/86): fairly faint, moderately large, pretty diffuse, weak concentration, slightly elongated WSW-ENE.  Located 7.1' SE of mag 7.7 SAO 126248.  This bright star is at the midpoint of two nearby mag 9/10 stars on a line WNW-ESE.