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NGC6120

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:19:48.1
Declination: +37:46:27
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, D * nf
Sub-type: Sd/P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6120

17.5" (6/27/87): fairly faint, very small, almost round, even surface brightness.  Located 2' N of a wide unequal double star mag 10/13 at 44".  Brightest of three with NGC 6119 2.3' NW and NGC 6122 4.6' ENE.