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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

===== 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.