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NGC6569
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:13:38.9
Declination: -31:49:33
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 8.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: globular, cB, L, R, rrr, st 15…
Sub-type: VIII
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6569
17.5" (5/10/91): fairly bright, fairly small, round, 2.5' diameter, weakly concentrated but no distinct core. Irregular surface brightness and mottled with darker areas on the east side but there was no definite resolution into stars. Four stars cradle the globular to the SW and SE and mag 6.6 SAO 209873 is 9' S.
8" (7/31/81): faint, small, round, no resolution. A mag 7 star is 9' S.