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NGC6552
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:0:7.0
Declination: +66:36:55
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 11.0
Observational
Summary description: F, pS, iR
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6552
17.5" (6/11/88): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated ~E-W, bright core. Located just 10' E of NGC 6543, the Cat's Eye Nebula! Position is nearly coincident with the North Ecliptic Pole so the RA and Dec are virtually constant over time!