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NGC6586

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:13:38.4
Declination: +21:5:27
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, R
Sub-type: S

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6586.  See NGC 6591.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6586

17.5" (7/16/88): faint, small, elongated ~E-W, weak concentration.  A mag 13 star is off the south edge 0.6' from center.  Forms a pair with NGC 6591 5' SE within the NGC 6579/NGC 6580 group.