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NGC6115
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:24:26.8
Declination: -51:57:12
Constellation: NOR
Visual Magnitude: 9.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Dunlop
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 9.0
Observational
Summary description: Cl, eL, eRi
Sub-type: I2p
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6115. JH says of this, "A part of the milky way, so immensely rich as to
be one vast cluster of clusters." The position that he gives appears to be
for a clump on the eastern edge of the "cluster" (it's probably more
appropriate to call this a "star cloud"). Andris Lauberts has the same
position in ESO-B.
I've put the center of the apparent star cloud somewhat to the northwest, and
I suspect that my apparent dimensions (17 x 14 arcminutes) are considerably
smaller than JH would have made his "vast cluster of clusters." Nevertheless,
this represents what we now see on the DSS pretty well. Perhaps a wider field
than 1 x 1 degree would give us something approaching JH's view.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6115
18" (4/5/16 - Coonabarabran, 236x): ~30 stars resolved in a small 3' cluster. The brightest mag 10.8 star is at the west edge and includes a number of mag 11.5-13 stars, mostly on the east side. Unimpressive, though, as set in a glorious rich Norma star field that overwhelms the cluster! Ruprecht 116, a scattered group of bright stars (brightest is mag 8.6 SAO 243732), lies 10' WSW.