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NGC6446

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:46:7.5
Declination: +35:34:10
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 15.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, iR
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6446

17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  A pair of mag 14 and 15 stars is 0.9' NNE and 1.2' N of center, respectively.  Forms a close pair with NGC 6447 1.9' E.