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NGC6142

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:23:21.0
Declination: +37:15:30
Constellation: CRB
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1791
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, bM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6142

17.5" (6/24/95): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, broad weak concentration.  A mag 15 star is just off the SW edge 55" from center.  Located almost at midpoint of two mag 12/12.5 stars 5.6' N and 4.4' S.  Two mag 14.5-15 between 2'-3' NW are collinear with the galaxy.