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NGC6628

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:22:21.7
Declination: +23:28:39
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, lE, bM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6628

17.5" (7/1/89): faint, very small, slightly elongated, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 3.0' WNW of mag 8.7 SAO 85980.

17.5" (7/16/88): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.