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NGC6459
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:45:47.1
Declination: +55:46:37
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, eS, R, r
Sub-type: S?
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6459
17.5" (7/19/90): faint, very small, round. Located 1.6' NNE of a mag 9.5 star. Forms a pair with NGC 6454 8' SW.