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NGC6221
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:52:46.1
Declination: -59:13:6
Constellation: ARA
Visual Magnitude: 9.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: globular, pB, cL, R, glbM, rr
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6221
18" (7/8/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): fairly bright, fairly large, slightly elongated N-S, ~2.5'x2.0', broad concentration to a small brighter core. I was surprised to find a strong impression a spiral arm on the west side of the halo extending to the north and there appeared to be a very small knot at the northern end, probably within this spiral arm. Brightest in a group with NGC 6215 19' NW. Located 25' SE of mag 3.8 Eta Arae in a rich Milky Way field.