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NGC6159

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:27:25.1
Declination: +42:40:49
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1879
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, iR, lbM
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6159

17.5" (7/1/89): faint, easy with direct vision, small, round, bright core.  Collinear with mag 8.8 SAO 46092 5.4' W and a mag 11 star 2.6' W.  Pair with CGCG 224-033 3.4' SE.  The companion was very faint, very small, round, bright core, stellar nucleus.