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NGC6568
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:12:44.0
Declination: -21:35:0
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 8.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: Cl, vL, lC
Sub-type: III1m
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6568
17.5" (8/1/92): at 82x, 75 stars mag 11-14 in 15'x10' region elongated N-S. Appears as a large enhancement of the Milky Way with no sharp edges. Most stars are at the periphery and the central region is devoid of stars. Irregular outline is formed by winding arcs of stars in a "S" pattern with most stars 13th magnitude. The densest region is a very winding lane along the NW edge.
8" (6/27/81): faint, rich dusting of mag 11-13 stars, forms a nice arc. A mag 5.5 star is 30' SE.