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NGC6644

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:32:34.7
Declination: -25:7:42
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 10.7

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 6644

17.5" (8/1/86): bright bluish "star" at 105x that brightens dramatically with OIII blinking.  A mag 12 star (good for blinking comparison) is 1.0' N.  At 286x, a small disc is visible about 3" or 4" diameter.  Estimate V=11.0.