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NGC6228

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:48:2.8
Declination: +26:12:46
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, S
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6228 17.5": extremely faint, fairly small, edge-on NW-SE, very low surface brightness.