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NGC6247

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:48:19.4
Declination: +62:58:38
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: F, pS, iF
Sub-type: P

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 6247 = IC 1233, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6247 17.5" (7/9/88): fairly faint, small, very elongated WSW-ENE, weak concentration.