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NGC6194

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:36:37.0
Declination: +36:12:2
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, sbM * 12
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6194 is the brightest of a group of galaxies also including NGC 6196, which see for the story.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6194 18" (6/7/08): fairly faint, small, sharply concentrated with a very small bright core surrounded by a 24" halo with averted. 17.5" (6/6/86): fairly faint, small, round, bright core. Member of the NGC 6196 group with UGC 10473 13' NNE. Located 10' N of mag 7 SAO 65430. 13.1" (8/5/83): faint, extremely small, visible without averted. 13.1" (7/5/83): faint, very small, requires averted.