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NGC6479

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:48:21.7
Declination: +54:8:59
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, 3 st n
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6479

17.5" (5/10/91): faint, fairly small, round, fairly low almost even surface brightness with a very weak concentration.  Observation hampered by mag 6.6 SAO 30593 6.5' NE.  Collinear with three stars to NNW including two mag 12 stars at 2.9' and 4.3' and a mag 10 star at 7.7'.