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NGC6977
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:52:29.6
Declination: -5:44:45
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 13.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, iR
Sub-type: SBb
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6977. See NGC 6973.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6977
18" (8/3/05): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated, 0.7'x0.5', broad concentration with a slightly brighter core, occasional very faint stellar nucleus with direct vision. Located 1.8' NE of slightly brighter NGC 6976. A very faint star lies between NGC 6977 and NGC 6976.
18" (7/21/04): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, ~35"x30", broad weak concentration. A mag 14.5 or 15 star lies between NGC 6977 and brighter NGC 6978 just 2.6' NE. Second brightest in HCG 88 along with NGC 6976 just 1.8' SW.
18" (6/25/04): faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, very weak concentration to a slightly brighter core. Middle of a collinear triplet (HCG 88) with slightly brighter NGC 6978 2.6' NE and fainter NGC 6976 1.8' SW. A mag 15 star lies midway between NGC 6977 and NGC 6978.
17.5" (7/16/88): very faint, fairly small, round, diffuse, even surface brightness. Second of three on a line with NGC 6976 1.8' SW and NGC 6978 2.5' NE.