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NGC6640

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:28:8.1
Declination: +34:18:9
Constellation: LYR
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, vlbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6640

17.5" (7/7/94): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.6', weak concentration.  A mag 14.5 star is close east of the core, a mag 13.5 star is 1.5' N and a mag 11 star is 4.0' SSE.