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NGC6008
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 15:52:55.9
Declination: +21:6:4
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, R, pL, bM
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6008
17.5" (5/14/88): faint, fairly small, round, small bright core. There is possibly an extremely faint knot or star at the east end (there is a slightly brighter "arc" in the eastern arm on the POSS). Forms a pair with NGC 6008B = PGC 56301 3.3' ESE. Located 25' ENE of Rho Serpentis (V = 4.8).
NGC 6008B appeared very faint, very small, round. Collinear with two mag 14/15 stars close SE (the mag 14 star is 1.3' SE).
13" (6/29/84): faint, small, round, diffuse.