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NGC6613

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 18:19:58.0
Declination: -17:6:6
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 6.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Messier
Year of discovery: 1764
Discovery aperture: 3.5

Observational


Summary description: Cl, P, vlC
Sub-type: II3pn

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6613 17.5" (8/1/92): at 100x, bright, scattered, includes three mag 9 stars and 10 mag 11 stars. The bright stars form a "V" asterism with the vertex to the NNE. Includes a few wide double stars. At 220x, 40 stars are visible in a 7' diameter, scattered but distinctive. The bright group of 15 stars forming the "V" asterism is surrounded by a dark circular void. The rest of the cluster is to the south and west of the "V". Only a few faint stars are involved and the cluster appears fully resolved.