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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
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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.