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NGC6238

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:47:15.9
Declination: +62:8:51
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eeF, eS, eF * close, v diffic
Sub-type: Sc/P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6238

17.5" (7/9/88): faint, very small, elongated SSW-NNE, very faint star involved.  Second of three with NGC 6244 6' NE and MCG +10-24-052 8.9' NW.