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NGC6087
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:18:51,8
Declination: -57:53:59
Constellation: NOR
Visual Magnitude: 5.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, B, L, lC, st 7…10
Sub-type: I2p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6087
8" (7/13/91 - Southern Baja): about three dozen stars mag 7-11 visible at 63x. Very bright, large, ~15' diameter. Contains several bright stars including mag 6.7 south Normae (varies from 6.1-6.8 over 10 days) and three mag 8-9 stars just south. Many stars form an arrowhead outline with vertex at the north end. Also a bright string of stars is off the SW end of the arrowhead aligned N-S. Impressive although no dense spots.