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NGC6986
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:56:30.6
Declination: -18:33:58
Constellation: CAP
Visual Magnitude: 13.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, glbMN
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6986
17.5" (7/21/90): faint, small, slightly elongated ~N-S, small bright core. A small group of five mag 13 stars is 2'-3' SE.