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NGC6096

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:14:46.6
Declination: +26:33:34
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6096

17.5" (7/24/95): very faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, very weak even concentration with a slightly brighter core.  Located 2.1' NE of mag 9.4 SAO 84259.  A mag 15 star is 1' SW midway between the mag 9 star and the galaxy.