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NGC 6674 (Galaxy)
Right ascension: 18h 39m Declination: 25° 24'
Constellation: Hercules
Date/time: 2016.08.28 21:30 UT
Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian
FoV: 12' Magnification and filter(s): 214x
Seeing: 7/10 Transparency: 4/5
SQM: 21.32 m/as2 Temperature: 16°C
Humidity: low Wind: none
Sight: 2 - minor details, somewhat interesting
Difficulty: 4 - hardly visible, dark adaptation and very dark skies needed, averted vision is required to see details
Position: 3 - moderate, some starhopping needed
Location: Talpa Minor Observatory
Observer: Ferenc Lovró
Description:

Quite insignificant, small, very faint galaxy. It has the shape of an eye, elongated in the N-E direction. It has a minor stellar core. Much more interesting is the ring of stars to the SE, which is one eye of a much larger smiley face asterism. When I looked at photographs after the observation, it turned out that what I've seen is only the central part of the galaxy, probably a wide bar, and the galactic body itself is elongated in a different direction than this bar.


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