NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC6652
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 18:35:45.7
Declination: -32:59:23
Constellation: SGR
Visual Magnitude: 8.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: B, S, lE, rrr, st 15
Sub-type: VI
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6652
17.5" (5/10/91): fairly bright, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, 2.0'x1.5', sharp small bright core with a substellar nucleus embedded. The mottled halo is not resolved except for a mag 13 star 1' WSW of the core near the edge of the halo and a mag 14 star at the east edge. Located 7' SE of mag 6.9 SAO 210344.
8" (7/31/81): moderately bright, small, compact bright core. A mag 13 star is at the SW edge but there is no other resolution.