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NGC6189

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:31:40.7
Declination: +59:37:36
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, lE
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6189.  This may be NGC 6191.  See that for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6189

17.5" (6/20/87): moderately bright, moderately large, oval SSW-NNE, the halo is weakly concentrated but has a sharp stellar nucleus or star superimposed.