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NGC6658

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:33:55.7
Declination: +22:53:17
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, lE
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6658

17.5" (7/1/89): faint, small, edge-on N-S, small very bright core with very faint extensions.  A mag 13 star is just off the east side of the north edge 40" from center.  Pair with NGC 6661 9.7' ENE.