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NGC6629

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 18:25:42.4
Declination: -23:12:8
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 11.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: planetary or globular, pB, eeS, R
Sub-type: PN

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6629

17.5" (8/10/91): at 140x, very bright, small, 15" diameter, round, high surface brightness, crisp-edged.  The mag 13 central star is visible with direct vision.  Mag 9.4 SAO 186802 lies 2.1' SE.  At 280x, the central star is easier to pick out within the high surface brightness nebulosity. A mag 15 star is visible 30" NNW and a mag 15.5 star is right at the NE edge.