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NGC 6482 New Image Yerkes Observatory 24 inch Telescope, May 15, 2002 HOU students, Sarah and Jason, of teacher, Tim Spuck, Oil City HS, Pennsylvania, requested an image of galaxy NGC6482.

NGC 6482 Reference Image Digitized Sky Survey (Skyview Virtual Observatory) Compare the images taken for Sarah and Jason with the Digitized Sky Survey image accessed from Skyview.

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NGC 6482 is in the constellation, Hercules.  Coordinates of NGC 6482 are:
    Right Ascension:   17 hours 51 minutes 49 seconds
    Declination:          +23 degrees 4.6 minutes. 

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More Jpegs of our images ...

• NGC 6482, Yerkes 24 inch telescope, clear 3 minutes, May 15, 2002
• NGC 6482, Yerkes 24 inch telescope, R, 1 minute, May 15, 2002
• NGC 6482, Yerkes 24 inch telescope, V, 1 minute, May 15, 2002
• NGC 6482, Yerkes 24 inch telescope, B, 1 minute, May 15, 2002
• NGC 6482, Yerkes North, Rooftop10 inch (ELM) clear 20s, May 14, 2002

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FTS Images of NGC 6482

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