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NGC6993
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:53:54.0
Declination: -25:28:20
Constellation: CAP
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, vS, R, sbMN
Sub-type: Sc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6993 may be ESO 529-G011. Found by Leavenworth in the first seasons of
observing with the 26-inch at Leander McCormick, its nominal position is
particularly bad -- nearly 6 minutes of time and 12 arcmin off if the identity
with the ESO galaxy is correct. Leavenworth's sketch more or less supports
this notion, with the stars shown roughly in their right places with respect
to the galaxy. Both the galaxy and the sketch also support his description of
a small, bright nucleus surrounded by a fainter envelope.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6993
17.5" (8/4/02): at 220x appeared very faint, fairly small, round, 40" diameter, low even surface brightness. Not noticed initially near position, but once identified could just hold steadily with concentration. The identification of this galaxy with NGC 6993 is uncertain because of a very poor discovery position but it roughly matches Leavenworth's field sketch and description.