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NGC6487
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:52:41.7
Declination: +29:50:19
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: E0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6487
17.5" (8/1/89): fairly faint, fairly small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with NGC 6486 1.9' SW.