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NGC6176

 

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: eF, eS, v diffic
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6176 = NGC 6170, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6176 17.5" (6/20/87): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated, brighter core, stellar nucleus. Located 30' WSW of NGC 6176.