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NGC6234

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:51:57.2
Declination: +4:23:3
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6234

17.5" (6/8/91): very faint, very small, round, low surface brightness.  Located 9.4' WNW of mag 8.8 SAO 121919.  NGC 6230 lies 22' NW.