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NGC6566

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:7:0.7
Declination: +52:15:38
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, * 16 nr
Sub-type: E?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6566

17.5" (7/19/90): very faint, extremely small, round.  A mag 15 star is 0.6' W of center and an extremely faint mag 16 star is at the NW edge.