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NGC6612

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:16:10.9
Declination: +36:4:45
Constellation: LYR
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, eS, R, v diffic
Sub-type: C

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6612

17.5" (8/1/89): very faint, extremely small, slightly elongated.  A mag 16 star is involved at the NE edge, a mag 15 star is 1' NE and a mag 13.5 star is 1.6' SSW.  Located 4.5' NNE of a mag 10 star.