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NGC6579

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:12:31.8
Declination: +21:25:14
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, p of D neb
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6579

17.5" (7/16/88): very faint, very small, slightly elongated.  A mag 15.5 star is 30" SW (this is a double star on the POSS).  Nearly attached at the SW edge of NGC 6580 (34" separation) in a large group.