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NGC6577

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:12:1.1
Declination: +21:27:50
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6577

17.5" (7/16/88): faint, small, round, small bright core.  A mag 14/15  double star is 1' E.  Located in the NGC 6579/NGC 6580 group with NGC 6576 3.3' SW.