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NGC6479
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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'.