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NGC6507

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:59:50.0
Declination: -17:27:0
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude:

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: Cl, pS, lRi, lC
Sub-type: IV2p

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6507

17.5" (6/8/91): about 30 stars mag 13-14 in a 7' diameter elongated N-S.  Loose appearance with no dense spots.  Stars are fairly uniform in brightness.  The brightest member is variable WX Sagittarii (9.6-11.3) just west of center.