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NGC6518

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:59:43.6
Declination: +28:52:2
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: 2 vF, close st in vF, vS neb
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6518

17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 14 star is just at the west edge.  Appears like a close double star with one component "fuzzy".  In a rich star field with UGC 11086 and UGC 11090.