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NGC6045

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:5:8.0
Declination: +17:45:29
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eeF, vS, R, v diffic
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6045 48" (5/15/12): fairly faint to moderately bright, edge-on 5:1 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.2', slightly brighter core. A very small companion is attached at the east end, dangling to the south perpendicular to the major axis. It appeared faint, small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 12"x6". 24" (6/4/16): at 322x; faint to fairly faint, very elongated 7:2 WSW-ENE, 45"x 12", slightly brighter elongated core. NGC 6045B was occasionally glimpsed at or just off the east end. 17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, small, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE. Located in the core of AGC 2151 between the NGC 6040/6041/6042 trio to the west and NGC 6050 3.8' E. The companion attached at the east end was not seen. 17.5" (3/23/85): second of a faint collinear trio. Very faint though slightly brighter than NGC 6043 1.9' NW and NGC 6047 1.7' S, though the nearby stars to these two galaxies was more eye catching. 13.1" (5/14/83): very faint, elongated. Second of four in subgroup of AGC 2151.