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NGC6170

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:27:36.4
Declination: +59:33:47
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS, R, v diffic
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6170 = NGC 6176.  Swift's RA for NGC 6170 is 40 seconds of time off, but
his description of the star field is accurate:  "... in vacancy; many pB sts
south."  The declination is accurate, too, so there is little doubt about the 
identity, first suggested in RNGC.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6170

See observing notes for NGC 6176.