NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC6985
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 20:45:3.0
Declination: -11:6:15
Constellation: AQR
Visual Magnitude: 13.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, iR
Sub-type: Sa
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6985. RC3 follows Skiff in placing this galaxy at 20 42 19.1 -11 17 14.
This is correct, and my earlier "correction" was itself incorrect by one
minute. Sorry about that (sigh).
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6985
24" (7/28/16): at 260x; fairly faint, oval 4:3 ~E-W, ~30"x20", small bright core. A mag 15.2 star is just off the ENE side [36" from center]. Situated 2.5' WNW of mag 8.7 HD 197625. I looked for NGC 6985A (a contiguous Magellanic Irregular on the west end) and there appeared to be some haze extending off the southwest side, but I wasn't able to confirm in soft seeing conditions.
17.5" (8/3/94): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 E-W, weak concentration to a small brighter core. A mag 15 star is just 40" ENE and a mag 13 star 1.2' W of center. Located 2.5' WNW of mag 8 SAO 163850 and 4.6' SSE of mag 7.5 SAO 163846! NGC 6985A, a companion (possibly interacting) at the southwest edge, was not seen.