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N 6744 & N 6752
The low surface brightness galaxy NGC 6744 and the bright globular cluster NGC 6752 are 3d50m apart in the sky. They transit around 7pm now.
In 1826 Dunlop described N6744 as:
A pretty large very faint nebula, about 5’ or 6’ diameter, slightly bright towards the centre; a minute star is north of the nebula, and two stars of the 7th magnitude preceding .
He described N6752 as:
A pretty large and very bright nebula, 5’ or 6’ diameter, irregular round figure, easily resolved into a cluster of small stars, exceedingly compressed at the centre. The bright part at the centre is occasioned by a group of stars of some considerable magnitude when compared with those of the nebula. I am inclined to think that this may be two clusters in the same line; the bright part is a little south of the centre of the large nebula.
The map below is from SkyMapPro.
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