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NGC6010

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:54:18.9
Declination: +0:32:35
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, E 90° ±, gbM, r
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6010

17.5" (6/11/88): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated WNW-ESE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14.5 star is 1.9' S and a mag 15 star 40" S of center.