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NGC6086
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:12:35.6
Declination: +29:29:6
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0
Observational
Summary description: F, vS, stellar N
Sub-type: E3
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6086
18" (7/28/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 N-S, 0.8'x0.5', sharply concentrated with a very small bright core. A mag 12.5 star is just off the NW edge, 40" from center. This galaxy is the brightest of 9 galaxies viewed in AGC 2162 with NGC 6085 7' S slightly fainter. Forms the north vertex of a right triangle with two mag 10.5 stars 3' SW and 3' S.
17.5" (5/30/92): faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, very small bright core, stellar nucleus. A mag 12 star is just off the NW edge 0.7' from center. Located within a group of several fairly bright stars including three mag 10 stars, the closest being 2.8' SW. Forms a pair with NGC 6085 7.2' S and these two galaxies are the brightest members of the AGC 2162 cluster.