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NGC6432
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:47:22.4
Declination: -24:53:16
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, st vS
Sub-type: *4
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6432 is one of JH's early discoveries (in just his 30th sweep on 1 July
1826), but turns out to be only four stars. JH called it a small cluster, but
Howe was the first to see that it was simply an asterism.