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NGC6124

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:25:17.2
Declination: -40:40:1
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 5.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Lacaille
Year of discovery: 1751
Discovery aperture: 0.5

Observational

Summary description: Cl, B, L, pRi, lCM, st 9…11
Sub-type: II3m

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6124

13.1" (6/18/85): bright, fairly rich, large, roughly 125 stars are resolved.  Appears partially resolved even in 16x80 finder. 

8" (6/27/81): fairly large but scattered, richer in center.