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NGC6998

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 21:1:37.7
Declination: -28:1:54
Constellation: MIC
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6998

17.5" (7/16/93): extremely faint, very small, round, extremely low surface brightness, requires averted vision.  Forms a pair with NGC 6999 5.1' ESE.  Appears nearly stellar and about mag 16pg on the POSS.  Member of AGC 3733.

17.5" (8/27/92): not found from Grandview (8400') in the Eastern Sierras.