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NGC6587

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:13:50.8
Declination: +18:49:33
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, stell
Sub-type: E/SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6587

17.5" (7/1/89): fairly faint, small, almost round, very bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star is 1.4' NNW.  Located in a rich field.