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NGC 6982 — Galaxy in Indus

Galaxy Fair (38/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 13.7m Galaxy Indus (Ind) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 13.66
Angular Size 1.0′ × 0.5′
Position Angle 66°
Distance 221.06 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (SBa)
vF, S, E, p of 2

Position & Identifiers

RA 20h 57m 18.4s
Dec -51° 51' 44.3"
Constellation Indus (Ind)
Catalog NGC 6982

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard V. hard Imp.
150mm Newt. V. hard+ V. hard+ V. hard
C8 203mm Hard Hard V. hard+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jun – Aug (peak: Jul)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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NGC 6982 · 1.0′×0.5′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Hard+
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Galaxy mag 13.0 1.4° Indus
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Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.38 3.0° Indus
NGC 6987
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.45 3.2° Indus
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Medium
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.8 3.5° Indus
Theta Ind
Easy
Easy double, sep 7.3″
Double Star mag 4.39 3.8° Indus
T Ind
Medium
Semi-regular variable, range 5.8–6.5
Variable Star mag 6.00 7.8° Indus
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