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NGC6173
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:29:45.0
Declination: +40:48:40
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: E3
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6173. See NGC 6174, as well as "NGC 6173 companion ..." in the "notngc"
files.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6173
18" (7/29/08): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 0.7'x0.45', contains a large bright core that gradually increases to the center. Nearby companions included PGC 58358 1.6' NE and NGC 6174 3.7' N. Mag 7.9 HD 149025 lies 8.5' SE.
17.5" (7/5/86): moderately bright, moderately large, strong bright core, oval NW-SE. One of the brightest and largest members of AGC 2197. NGC 6174 lies 3.5' N and NGC 6175 11.3' SSE. Located 8.5' NW of mag 7.9 SAO 46127.
13.1" (8/5/83): fairly faint, moderately large, brighter core, slightly elongated. A mag 8 star is 9' SE.