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NGC6472

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:44:3.0
Declination: +67:37:49
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 15.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, eS, R, v diffic, 5th of 6
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6472.  See NGC 6456.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6472

24" (8/23/14): very faint, very small, round, 12" diameter.  A mag 17.0 star (based on SDSS photometry) was occasionally glimpsed 30" E.  Located 1.3' NW of NGC 6470.

17.5" (6/11/88): extremely faint and small, round.  In a crowded region of NGC 6456 group with NGC 6470 1.3' ESE, NGC 6471 2.4' SSE and NGC 6463 3.2' SW.  Misidentified as NGC 6477 in the RNGC.