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NGC6224

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:48:18.5
Declination: +6:18:44
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: eeF, vS, lE, pB * nr n, n of 2
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6224 17.5" (7/1/89): faint, very small, round, small bright core. A mag 11 star is 1.6' N. Forms a pair with NGC 6225 5.4' S.