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NGC6461

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:39:56.6
Declination: +74:2:2
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 15.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, 5 st nr
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6461 is CGCG 340-017 (CGCG's guess -- CGCG 340-015 -- is wrong).  The 
identity is clinched by Swift's description, "eF, pS, R; nr terminal * of 5 
forming semi-circle."  His RA is 12 seconds too large, and his declination
38 arcmin too small.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6461

18" (8/12/07): faint, small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, ~20"x16".  Located 1.4' NW of a mag 10.5 star.  NGC 6461 is incorrectly identified as CGCG 340-015 in the CGCG and PGC.