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NGC6516

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:55:16.6
Declination: +62:40:10
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1861
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, 2nd of 3
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6516

17.5" (6/11/88): very faint, extremely small.  A mag 15.5 star is at the north edge.  Second of three in the NGC 6521 group with NGC 6512 3.4' SW and NGC 6521 5.0' SE.