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NGC6256
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:59:32.6
Declination: -37:7:15
Constellation: SCO
Visual Magnitude: 11.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: globular, vF, vL, iR, vgbM, rrr
Sub-type: GCL
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6256
18" (7/9/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): this is a small, faint globular with a small, brighter core. A brighter mag 12 field star is attached at the south edge. At 171x appears just 2' diameter with a few mag 15 stars resolved around the periphery and occasionally over the mottled core.
13" (5/30/87): very faint, small, round, requires averted but definite at 62x and 166x. A faint star is visible at the SW end.