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NGC6660

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:34:36.7
Declination: +22:54:33
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R, mbM, bet 2 st
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6660 = NGC 6661.  Swift's declination for N6660 is 10 arcmin too small, 
but his description fits, including the note "between 2 stars."  The 
identity was first noticed by Pechule, and included in the Notes to IC1 by
Dreyer.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6660

See observing notes for NGC 6661.