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NGC6495

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:54:50.7
Declination: +18:19:39
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6495

17.5" (7/1/89): fairly faint, fairly small, round, increases to a small very bright core, substellar nucleus.  Pair with NGC 6490 5.6' NW.