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NGC6609
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:12:33.6
Declination: +61:19:56
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, lE, F * nr
Sub-type: S?
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6609. See NGC 6607.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6609
24" (7/19/12): fairly faint, very small, round, 18" diameter, weak concentration. Bracketed by a mag 14.5 star 30" SSW and a mag 15.2 star 35" NE. A mag 11 star lies 1.5' E. Brightest in a close trio with NGC 6607 2.2' W and NGC 6608 (identification unlikely) 2.1' SSW. MCG and PGC misidentify this object as NGC 6608
17.5" (7/21/98): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, brighter core. A mag 14.5 star is off the south edge 30" from center.
17.5" (6/11/88): very faint, extremely small, round. A mag 14 star is 1' S. Forms a close pair with NGC 6607 2.2' W.