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NGC6130

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:19:33.5
Declination: +57:36:54
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, R, B * nr p
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6130 is the fainter of a pair of galaxies.  See NGC 6125 = NGC 6127 = NGC 
6128 which is the brighter.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6130

17.5" (6/15/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, almost even surface brightness.  Several brighter stars in field including mag 8 SAO 29889 2.7' SW!