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NGC6104
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:16:30.6
Declination: +35:42:27
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, iR
Sub-type: SBa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6104
24" (6/12/15): at 375x; fairly faint, fairly small, round, 30" diameter, broad weak concentration, no nucleus. Forms a physical pair with CGCG 196-022 3.9' E. The companion appeared faint, very small, round, 15" diameter. Mag 8.3 HD 146914 lies 8.3' E and mag 8.2 HD 146621 is 10' SW.
17.5" (6/27/87): faint, small, slightly elongated, weak concentration. Located 8.4' W of mag 8.3 SAO 65198 in Zwicky Cluster 1615.8+3505.