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NGC6976
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:52:25.9
Declination: -5:46:17
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 14.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, iR
Sub-type: Sbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6976 = NGC 6975, which see.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6976
18" (8/3/05): very faint, very small, round, 15" diameter, very low surface brightness, no concentration. Furthest southwest in a string with brighter NGC 6977 and NGC 6978.
18" (7/21/04): very faint, small, round, ~25" diameter, very low even surface brightness. Faintest of collinear trio with NGC 6977 and NGC 6978 and furthest SW.
18" (6/25/04): faintest and further SW of a trio on line with NGC 6977 and NGC 6978 ~2' and 4' NE, respectively [HCG 88d not seen]. Appears extremely faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very low even surface brightness.
17.5" (7/16/88): extremely faint, very small, round, very diffuse. This is the furthest south of three galaxies on a line in HCG 88 with NGC 6977 1.8' NE and NGC 6978 4.3' NE.