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NGC6449

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:43:46.6
Declination: +56:48:15
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6449

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE.  Three faint stars very near; a mag 15.5 star is at the south edge, a mag 15 star is just west of the core and a mag 14 star is off the north edge.