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NGC6458

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:49:10.9
Declination: +20:48:17
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6458

17.5" (7/1/89): faint, very small, almost round, weak concentration.  Located in a N-S string of three mag 14 stars.  Pair with NGC 6460 5.2' ESE in a group.