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NGC6561
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:10:33.0
Declination: -16:44:48
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Cl, L, lC, st cL
Sub-type: *Grp
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6561
17.5" (7/27/95): very large, fairly rich Milky Way field, roughly 15'x10' elongated ~N-S. Along the eastern border are four mag 9 stars with a 28" pair at the midpoint of the other two bright stars which are oriented SW-NE at 7' separation. The stars are fairly evenly distributed and includes a large number of mag 12-13 stars with a background of very faint stars at 220x. Unable to determine any specific borders or count the large number of stars but the group stands out reasonably well at 80x.