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NGC6685

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:39:58.6
Declination: +39:58:56
Constellation: LYR
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift E.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, v diffic, sp of 2
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6685

17.5" (7/5/86): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, bright core.  Located 8.7' SSE of mag 8 SAO 47678.  Member of a trio with IC 4772 2.8' N and NGC 6686 9.5' NNE.  RNGC, UGC, CGCG misidentify IC 4772 as NGC 6685.  Described as very small as 8/2/86.