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NGC6654

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:24:7.6
Declination: +73:10:58
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: * 12·13 in pB, pL neby
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6654

17.5" (7/9/88): moderately bright, moderately large, round.  Sharply concentrated with a very bright, just non-stellar nucleus embedded in a large low surface brightness halo.  A mismatched mag 11/14.5 double star lies 2.4' W.