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NGC6000

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:49:49.4
Declination: -29:23:13
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, sbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6000

17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, small, very elongated NNW-SSE.  A mag 13 star is 1' NW.  Located 3.4' NE of mag 9 SAO 183830.  This galaxy is the brightest of the very few in Scorpius.