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NGC6511

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:54:39.2
Declination: +60:49:2
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, bM (? = last one)
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6511 = NGC 6510, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6511

17.5" (7/27/92): at 140x appears faint, small, slightly elongated, broad mild concentration with no well-defined nucleus, overall diffuse.  Located between mag 8.8 SAO 17685 10.8' SE and mag 8.0 SAO 17673 15.5' NNW.

17.5" (6/11/88): faint, small, slightly elongated, slightly brighter core, diffuse.