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NGC6016

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 15:55:54.9
Declination: +26:58:2
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, E
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6016

17.5" (6/15/91): extremely faint, small, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, low even surface brightness.  Located 5.4' SSW of mag 8 SAO 84084.