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NGC6079

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:4:28.7
Declination: +69:39:58
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1791
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: E3

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6079 = IC 1200, which see.  Also see NGC 6071.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6079

17.5" (3/28/87): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, brighter core.  A mag 14 star is 1.1' SSE.  Forms a pair with IC 1201 7.7' SE.