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NGC6542
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:59:39.0
Declination: +61:21:32
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, mE, 2 st sp
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6542
17.5" (6/11/88): faint, small, very elongated WNW-ESE, brighter core, faint stellar nucleus. Located 3.9' SE of a mag 10.5 star.