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NGC6062
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:6:22.9
Declination: +19:46:37
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, R, vlbM, r
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6062
24" (6/13/15): at 260x; fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, oval 4:3 SSW-NNE, ~36"x27", broad weak concentration but no distinct nucleus. Four brighter stars are in the field including mag 9.8 SAO 101926 4' NW and mag 9.0 HD 144621 5' SW.
Forms a close (physical) pair with NGC 6062B = MCG +03-41-122 just 1.2' SW. At 375x the companion appeared extremely faint, very small, round, 12"-15" diameter, only visible occasionally. It is situated directly on a line with HD 144621 to the southwest.
17.5": fairly faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, weak concentration, fairly diffuse.