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NGC6489
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:50:1.3
Declination: +60:5:33
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 15.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eeF, pL, lE, bet 2 st
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6489
17.5" (7/27/92): very faint, very small, round, even surface brightness. Located between two mag 10-11 stars oriented WNW-ESE with separation of 2.5'. Also two mag 13.5 stars are 1' WSW. About 5' SE is a faint double star and the eastern component appears nebulous. CGCG 300-078 lies 17' NNW. On the POSS, the eastern component of the double star has a mag 16 companion very close north.