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NGC6575

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:10:57.5
Declination: +31:6:58
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Safford
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 18.5

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6575

17.5" (8/1/89): fairly faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, bright core.  Forms a pair with IC 1277 9' SW.  Located 8.0' S of mag 8.2 SAO 66720.