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NGC6994
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:58:56.0
Declination: -12:38:0
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 8.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Messier
Year of discovery: 1780
Discovery aperture: 3.5
Observational
Summary description: Cl, eP, vlC, no neb
Sub-type: *4
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6994 = M 73 is an asterism of four fairly bright stars. The Hipparcos
data suggest that they are at different distances, so this is one of THE
prototypical asterisms.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6994
17.5" (9/7/91): four stars in a "Y" asterism. On the west side are the two fainter stars mag 11.5 and 12 oriented WNW-ESE which form the stem of the "Y". A mag 10 star is on the SE branch and a mag 10.5 star is on the NE branch. This is an unimpressive asterism.
8": four stars mag 10.5, 10.5, 11.0 and 12.0 in a small group, easily resolved at 100x.