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NGC6442

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:46:51.3
Declination: +20:45:42
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, iR, gbM
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6442

17.5" (8/1/89): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, small well-defined core, faint halo.  Pair with UGC 10979 7' NE within the NGC 6460 group.  UGC 10979 appeared faint, small, round, diffuse, even surface brightness.  A mag 10.5 star is at the SW edge.