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NGC6001

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:47:45.9
Declination: +28:38:30
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R
Sub-type: Sc

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6001. See NGC 6002.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6001 17.5" (6/15/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, very weak concentration. Located 10' N of mag 7.5 SAO 84005. The very faint companion to the southwest was not seen.