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NGC6239
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:50:5.2
Declination: +42:44:23
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, E, biN np sf
Sub-type: SBb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6239
24" (7/2/16): at 375x; fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 5:3 WNW-ESE, 1.0'x0.6'. The north edge has a sharper light cut-off apparently due to a dust lane and is slightly concave near the center. A small, slightly brighter core is offset from center, just south of the dust lane. The south edge gently bulges out, so overall the galaxy has a weak "banana" shape. A small knot (blue HII region on the SDSS) is just distinguishable at the WNW end of the galaxy.
17.5": moderately bright, moderately large, oval NW-SE, bright core.