Type | Dark Nebula |
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Magnitude | |
Size | 6' |
Right Ascension | 18h 29' (2000) |
Declination | 17° 4' S |
Constellation | Sagittarius |
Andrew Cooper
Aug 30, 2008 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%
Small, indistinct, moderately dark, a fairly large region around seems darker but only this patch is obvious
E.E. Barnard
25cm f/5 Astrograph
Black, elliptical, diam. 6' NE and SW, in a semi-vacant strip 35' long."― A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way, E.E. Barnard, 1927
NGC 6645 | NGC 6647 | |
SS Sagittarii |
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