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NGC6599

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:15:42.9
Declination: +24:54:47
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, vS, R, gbM, S * att f
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6599 is probably also NGC 6600, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6599

17.5" (7/1/89): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, small bright core.  Two mag 13 stars are 32" W and 1.1' NW of center and a fainter mag 14 star is 30" WNW.  Forms a pair with NGC 6602 14' NE.