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NGC6038

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:2:40.4
Declination: +37:21:34
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, * 10 sf
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6038

17.5" (6/15/91): faint, fairly small, 1' diameter, round, low almost even surface brightness with no discernable core, halo gradually fades into background.  A mag 11 star is 40" off the SE edge and 1.3' from center.