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NGC6602

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:16:34.2
Declination: +25:2:37
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: Cl, vS, st F, 30", nebulous?
Sub-type: SB?

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6602 is probably not NGC 6600, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6602

17.5" (7/1/89): faint, small, slightly elongated, even surface brightness.  A mag 14 star is attached at the east end.  Located in the field of NGC 6599, which lies 14' SW.