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NGC6509

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:59:25.3
Declination: +6:17:14
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1879
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pL, irrR, lbM
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6509

17.5" (7/9/90): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 3:2 E-W, weak concentration.  A mag 14.5 star is at the east edge 41" from the center.  Located 7.9' S of mag 7.1 SAO 122988.