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NGC6036

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:4:30.7
Declination: +3:52:5
Constellation: SER
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, stell
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6036

17.5" (6/11/88): faint, small, elongated NW-SE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 14 star is 0.7' NE and a fainter mag 15 star is just 0.8' NNW of center.  Forms a pair with NGC 6037 3.3' S.