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NGC6178

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:35:50.8
Declination: -45:38:48
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 7.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: Cl, B, S, st pL
Sub-type: I3p

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6178

17.5" (7/4/86): about 15 stars in a triangular outline with mag 8 SAO 226939 at the NW vertex and similar star (SAO 226941) at the south vertex.  A 10th magnitude star marks the NE vertex.  Fainter stars mag 10-14 are inside the triangle.  Appears fairly distinctive in the field.