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NGC6219

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:46:22.6
Declination: +9:2:18
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1863
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: F, S
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6219.  Aside from an error of 27 seconds of time in the RA, Marth's 
position and description fit the galaxy well.  He claims to have seen it on 
more than one night (it is marked "verified" in his table), so I'm a bit
surprised that the RA is off so much.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6219

17.5" (7/1/89): very faint, very small, round, weak concentration, very faint stellar nucleus.