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NGC6232

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:43:19.9
Declination: +70:37:57
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, lE
Sub-type: SBa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6232.  See NGC 6237.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6232

17.5" (7/9/88): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  A mag 15 star is at the west edge.  Located 10.9' SW of NGC 6236 in a group.