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NGC6464

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:45:47.6
Declination: +60:53:51
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, R, s of 4 st
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6464

17.5" (7/27/92): very faint, very small, round, low even surface brightness.  Preceded by an elongated group of 10 stars mag 14-15.  A distinctive trapezoid of four mag 11 stars with bases oriented N-S lies between 2' and 6' N.  The galaxy is collinear with the shorter east base and is located 3' further south.