NGC 6925
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 6925, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right
Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 6925
h 3834, GC 4581, IC 5015, MCG-05-48-022, ESO 463-4, PGC 64980
| Type | Galaxy |
|---|---|
| Magnitude | 11.3 |
| Size | 4.47' x 1.23' @ 7° |
| Right Ascension | 20h 34' 20.6" (2000) |
| Declination | 31° 58' 51" S |
| Constellation | Microscopium |
| Description | cB, L, mE6, pslbM |
| Classification | Sbc |
Observing Notes
Andrew Cooper
Oct 10, 2020 Waikoloa, HI (map)
20cm f/6 Newtonian, Cave Astrola @ 76x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Faint, 3'x1' north-south, brighter to the center without a notable core
Harold Corwin
IC 5015 may well be NGC 6925. Swift's description -- "pB, pS, R, nearly bet 2 sts with dist. companion" -- more or less fits the inner part of the galaxy (though I am puzzled about "with dist. companion"), but his position is well off. However, this is not unusual for the objects that he found during the summer of 1897 (see e.g. IC 4946 and IC 5003). Since NGC 6925 is the only galaxy anywhere near Swift's place, it could well be his object.
I've adopted the identification, though with a colon. ESO made the object a star, but that does not match Swift's description.
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NGC 6925