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NGC6701

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:43:12.6
Declination: +60:39:11
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, mE, F * close f
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6701

17.5" (8/13/88): bright, moderately large, elongated SW-NE, bright core, substellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is at the SE end 40" from the center.