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NGC6244

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:48:3.9
Declination: +62:12:2
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, bet 2 st, nf of 2
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6244

17.5" (7/9/88): faint, fairly small, very elongated NW-SE.  A mag 12.5 star is 0.9' W.  Third of three with NGC 6238 6.4' SW and MCG +10-24-052 13' WNW.