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NGC6673
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:45:6.3
Declination: -62:17:49
Constellation: PAV
Visual Magnitude: 11.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pF, S, R, psbM, r
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6673
30" (11/3/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): bright, fairly large, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, sharply concentrated with a very bright core. A star is just off the east edge and at the south tip. A mag 9 star (HD 172584) is in the field 7.5' SSE. Located 50' W of mag 4.1 Lambda Pavonis and 21' WSW of mag 7 HD 173167.
Forms a pair with ESO 140-043 4.4' SSW. This galaxy appeared faint, moderately large; unusual appearance as sharply concentrated with a very small, very bright elongated core surrounded by a very faint, ill-defined halo, ~1.5'x1.0' N-S.