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NGC6012

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:54:13.6
Declination: +14:36:8
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, bet 2 B st
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6012

17.5" (5/13/88): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated NNW-SSE, brighter core, mottled appearance.  Several bright stars in field and bracketed by mag 9 SAO 101806 2.0' S and a mag 10 star just 1.4' NE of center.