Fairall 927 was not plotted on my Megastar chart as there was no listed magnitude, so I was surprised to find a reasonably bright galaxy completing a trio. It appeared fairly faint (slightly fainter than NGC 6982), fairly small, oval 3:2 SW-NE, 30"x20". Located 5.6' NNE of NGC 6984 and 9' NE of NGC 6982.

John Herschel discovered NGC 6982 = h3843, along with NGC 6984, on 8 Jul 1834 and recorded "eF; S; R; the preceding of 2 [with NGC 6984]."

600/800mm - 30" (11/5/10 - Coonabarabran, 264x): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 30"x20". In a trio with NGC 6984 (brightest) 5.5' E and PGC 65805 (Fairall 927) 9' NE. The galaxy is sandwiched between a mag 14 star 50" NE and a mag 15 star 1' SSW. Just off the south edge [26" from center] is another 15th magnitude star. A mag 10.6 star 5' NE makes an equilateral triangle with NGC 6982 and NGC 6984.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb