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NGC6236

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:44:34.3
Declination: +70:46:48
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, pL
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6236.  See NGC 6237.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6236

17.5" (6/24/95): faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, 2.0'x1.4', almost even surface brightness.  A mag 13 star is 3.0' WSW.

17.5" (7/9/88): fairly faint, fairly large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, broad concentration.  Located 3.7' NW of a mag 10.5 star.  Brightest of three with NGC 6232 10.9' SW.