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NGC6641

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 18:28:57.3
Declination: +22:54:12
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information


Discoverer: Safford
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 18.5

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6641 17.5" (7/1/89): faint, small, oval 4:3 E-W, 0.8'x0.6', even surface brightness. A mag 13.5 star is 1.0' NW.