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NGC6982
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:57:18.3
Declination: -51:51:46
Constellation: IND
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, E, p of 2
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6982
30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 30"x20". In a trio with NGC 6984 (brightest) 5.5' E and PGC 65805 (Fairall 927) 9' NE. The galaxy is sandwiched between a mag 14 star 50" NE and a mag 15 star 1' SSW. Just off the south edge [26" from center] is another 15th magnitude star. A mag 10.6 star 5' NE makes an equilateral triangle with NGC 6982 and NGC 6984.
Fairall 927 was not plotted on my Megastar chart as there was no listed magnitude, so I was surprised to find a reasonably bright galaxy completing a trio. It appeared fairly faint (slightly fainter than NGC 6982), fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, 30"x20". Located 5.6' NNE of NGC 6984 and 9' NE of NGC 6982.