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NGC6620

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:22:54.2
Declination: -26:49:16
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Pickering
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 15.0

Observational

Summary description: planetary, stellar
Sub-type: PN

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6620

13.1" (7/12/86): stellar planetary at 79x located 2.1' NW a mag 10.5 star.  Verified with OIII blinking.  At 214x and UHC filter appears moderately bright and a very small disc about 4" diameter is visible.  A mag 13 star lies 0.9' E.