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NGC6148

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:27:4.0
Declination: +24:5:34
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 16.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, with st
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6148 24" (7/7/13): at 282x appeared faint to very faint, very small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 15"x10", low even surface brightness. Can just hold steadily with averted. Located 9' SSE of mag 8.9 HD 148405 within a small trapezoid of mag 13-14.5 stars. This galaxy, found by Marth in 1864, is one of the faintest he discovered with the 48" on Malta and was missed previously in my 17.5". 17.5" (5/28/89): not found.