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NGC6493

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 17:50:22.5
Declination: +61:33:34
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: F, eS, R, planetary ?, F * v nr, sf of 2
Sub-type: SBcd

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6493 is probably NGC 6491, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6493 18" (7/27/03): extremely faint, fairly small. Appears as a very low surface brightness glow with averted vision. Two mag 14 stars 1' N and 1.3' NE. Located 3' NE of NGC 6491 in a trio with extremely faint UGC 11007 5' NW. 17.5" (8/4/94): extremely faint, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, very low even surface brightness. A mag 14 star is about 30" off the north edge. Located 3.0' ENE of NGC 6491. Not found on previous observation 6/11/88.