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NGC6047

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:5:9.0
Declination: +17:43:47
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: eF, R, pS, F * close n
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6047 24" (6/4/16): at 322x; fairly faint, small, round, very small bright core. A mag 13 star is just off the northwest side, 25" from the center. NGC 6045 lies 1.7' N. 48" (4/5/13): moderately bright, fairly small, irregularly round, 24" diameter, bright core. A mag 13.5 star is just off the northwest edge. Located 1.7' S of NGC 6045. 17.5" (5/13/88): very faint, very small, round. A mag 13.5 star is just 26" NW of the center. This galaxy is the third of three in a the central region of AGC 2151 with NGC 6043 3.3' NNW and NGC 6045 1.7' NNW. Also nearby is NGC 6050 4.0' NW. 17.5" (3/23/85): third of trio in a line. Appears very faint, small, a faint star is close preceding. 13.1" (5/14/83): very faint, very small. Third of four in a subgroup of AGC 2151 and located 2' SSE of NGC 6045. A mag 13.5 star is very close west.