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NGC6999

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 21:1:59.6
Declination: -28:3:32
Constellation: MIC
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6999

17.5" (7/16/93): very faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness.  Located 2.2' N of a mag 10.5 star.  Brightest member of AGC 3733. Forms a difficult pair with NGC 6998 5.1' WNW.  (R)NGC 6999 = 2MASXi J2102037-275216 lies 10' NE.

17.5" (8/27/92): not found from Grandview campground in the White Mountains.