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NGC6697
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:45:14.9
Declination: +25:30:46
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, stell
Sub-type: E2
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6697
17.5" (8/1/89): faint, very small, round, 25" diameter, small bright core. A mag 15 star is just off the SW edge 14" from center, rich star field. Several bright stars near including three mag 10 stars 1.9' ESE and 4.2' ESE on a line and also 2.3' SSW.