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NGC6183
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:41:41.8
Declination: -69:22:21
Constellation: TRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: vF, eS, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sa
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6183
14" (4/3/16 - Coonabarabran, 184x and 230x): fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, 1.0'x0.3', contains a small brighter core. A mag 13 star is 1.3' SSW of center and mag 8.5 HD 149556 is 3.8' SW. Located 42' SW of mag 1.9 Alpha TrA (Atria).
ESO 069-009 lies 38' NE, just 7' SSW of orangish Atria. It was a challenging object due to the glare of the bright star, but appeared faint, moderately large, slightly elongated, 0.9'x0.7', low surface brightness, weak concentration. The best view was at 230x with Atria kept outside of the field. A mag 8.5 star is 5' W.