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NGC6460

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:49:30.3
Declination: +20:45:51
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, iR
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6460

17.5" (7/1/89): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, weak concentration.  Located between mag 7.6 SAO 85445 7.6' S and mag 7.7 SAO 85452 10' NNE.  Brightest in a group with NGC 6458 5' WNW.