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NGC6429

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:44:5.3
Declination: +25:21:3
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S, stellar
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6429

17.5" (8/1/89): fairly faint, small, elongated SSW-NNE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A very close faint double star mag 14.5/15.5 is off the south side 33" S of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 6427 10' NW.