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NGC6597

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 18:11:13.4
Declination: +61:10:52
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, B * nr
Sub-type: E?

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6597. Swift's comment "Difficult by proximity to a bright star" is correct -- the star is SAO 17798, the same one he mentions in his description for NGC 6594 (which see). Also see NGC 6607 for more details about this field.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6597 24" (7/19/12): faint, small, elongated 3:2 ~E-W, 18"x12", gradually increases to a faint stellar nucleus. Situated 3.3' E of mag 8.2 HD 167347. In a 30' group of 9 NGC/IC galaxies with NGC 6594 8.7' WSW. 17.5" (6/11/88): extremely faint, very small, elongated ~E-W. Located 3.3' E of mag 7.8 SAO 17798, which detracts from viewing. Third in large group of faint galaxies with NGC 6594 8.7' WSW.