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RA: 20h 23m 46.9s
Dec: +06° 26′ 56″
Con: Aquila
Ch: MSA:1265, U2:208, SA:16
Ref: Corwin (2004), Steinicke (2009)
Type: stars (two)
Mag: B=?, V=?
Size: ?
PA: ?
IC 5006 is a double star. Kobold found it on 23 Sept 1895, the second night he observed NGC 6906. The star about 20 arcsec northwest may be a part of the asterism, too, as Kobold noted "* 14 in F, vS, R neb."
The fact that Kobold saw the two objects on the same night means that they cannot be the same. Also, his micrometric observations are unambiguous about which objects he measured. The double is pinned down exactly.
Lacaille's catalogue
The Messier objects
Dunlop's catalogue
The Bennett objects
The Caldwell list
Named DSOs
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