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NGC6454

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:44:56.5
Declination: +55:42:16
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, lbM
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6454

17.5" (7/19/90): faint, very small, round, small bright core.  A mag 14 star is superimposed or contains a fairly bright stellar nucleus.  Located 5.9' SE of mag 8.7 SAO 30546.  This is the brighter of a pair with NGC 6459 8' NE.