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NGC6490

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:54:30.4
Declination: +18:22:35
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, stellar
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6490

17.5" (7/1/89): faint, very small, slightly elongated, bright core.  Forms a small triangle with a mag 14 star 40" S and a mag 13 star 52" SE of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 6495 5.6' SE.