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NGC6042

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:4:39.5
Declination: +17:42:1
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1870
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6042 = NGC 6039, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6042

17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, very small, round.  Third of three NGC galaxies on a line with NGC 6041 1.5' NW and NGC 6040 4.3' NW in the core of AGC 2151.  Also extremely faint IC 1170 lies 2.3' NW.  Located 1.7' NE of a mag 11 star.

17.5" (3/23/85): faint, very small, roundish.  Faintest in trio on a line in AGC 2151.

13.1" (6/29/84): extremely faint, at visual threshold, very small, round.