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NGC6688

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:40:39.9
Declination: +36:17:22
Constellation: LYR
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6688.  See NGC 6693.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6688

17.5" (7/5/86): moderately large, diffuse, round, prominent small bright core, possible stellar nucleus.  Pair with UGC 11325 8.0' S. 

13" (7/27/84): faint, small, low surface brightness, faint stellar nucleus.  Located 30' ENE of ·2362.