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NGC6116

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:18:54.5
Declination: +35:9:14
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

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

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6116

18" (7/13/07): faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.4', low even surface brightness.  Last of a dozen galaxies viewed in the NGC 6107 cluster.

17.5" (5/10/86): faint, fairly small, broad concentration, elongated.  NGC 6114 lies 6.4' WNW.  Located at the east end of the NGC 6107 cluster.