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NGC6028

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:1:29.1
Declination: +19:21:34
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational


Summary description: vF, pS, no Nucl
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6028 = NGC 6046, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6028 48" (5/15/12): this Hoag-type ring galaxy contains a bright, very small core, ~18" diameter. A star is right at the south edge of the core. The 1' diameter detached outer ring occasionally popped into view and the galaxy appeared as a slightly elongated Cheerio! NGC 6028 is the nearest and brightest of the Hoag-style rings. 17.5": faint, very small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus. Forms a pair with CGCG 108-053 7' NW. I only recorded the bright, inner core of the ring galaxy.