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NGC6013

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 15:52:52.9
Declination: +40:38:48
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, iR, lbM
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6013 17.5" (7/1/89): faint, fairly small, very elongated ~N-S, brighter center. Four mag 12-13 stars are within a 5' radius including a pair of mag 13 stars 2.6' NNW with separation 28" which are collinear with NGC 6013" (aligned NNW-SSE).