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NGC6158
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:27:40.9
Declination: +39:23:0
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, S, iF
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6158
18" (8/12/10): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated E-W, 25"x20", sharply concentrated with a very small bright core. PGC 58195, an extremely faint companion, is just 28" SE.
13.1" (5/26/84): faint, very small, round. Located 2.1' NW of a mag 10 star and 5.3' N of a second mag 10 star. Brighter than the faint companions of NGC 6166. Located 14' SW of NGC 6166 in AGC 2199.