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NGC6140
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:20:57.0
Declination: +65:23:24
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 11.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, pL, iR
Sub-type: SBc/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6140
24" (7/22/14): fairly bright, moderately large, oval 3:2 WSW-ENE, broad concentration. Often a thin brighter "bar" oriented WSW-ENE stands out. It appears offset from center as the south portion of the halo is very weak. At 375x, a narrow spiral arm oriented E-W is occasionally visible just south of the bar, and it extends slightly further east than the brighter central region. A mag 11.5 star lies 2.3' NW and several mag 15 stars are nearby.
17.5" (7/9/88): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated ~E-W, broadly concentrated halo, very faint extensions. A mag 12 star lies 2.2' NW. Bracketed by three mag 15 stars 1.4' SE, 1.6' NNE and 1.9' SW of center.