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NGC6488

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:49:20.8
Declination: +62:13:24
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, E
Sub-type: C

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6488 = IC 1270, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6488

17.5" (6/11/88): fairly faint, very small, round, weak concentration.  Located within a curving lane of 8 mag 11-14 stars oriented NW-SE including three mag 11 stars roughly 2' NW.