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NGC6056

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:5:31.1
Declination: +17:57:46
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: eeF, v diffic
Sub-type: SB0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6056 = IC 1176, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6056

18" (7/13/07): faint, small, round, 25" diameter, broad and very weak concentration.

17.5" (5/13/88): faint, small, round, broad concentration.  Forms a pair with MCG +03-41-096 3' SSW.  This is one of the brighter galaxies in AGC 2151.