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NGC6074
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:11:17.3
Declination: +14:15:31
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1874
Discovery aperture: 31.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: S
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6074
24" (7/24/14): this contact pair was nearly tangent at 260x and barely resolved at 375x. The brighter component, MCG +02-41-016, is on the north end and appeared faint, very small, round, 12" diameter. The fainter component, MCG +02-41-016, is attached at the south-southwest end (just 15" between centers!) and was very faint, round, 9" diameter. Located 1.0' ENE of a mag 11.9 star. NGC 6078, another close double system, lies 12' ESE.
2MFGC 13014, located 3.7' NE, appeared extremely faint, small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 15"x8". At B = 17.3, it required averted vision to glimpse.
17.5": very faint, very small, round. A mag 12 star is 1.0' WSW. An extremely faint anonymous companion is at south end 15" from the center. NGC 6078 lies 12' ESE.