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NGC6261

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:56:30.4
Declination: +27:58:41
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, iF
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6261

17.5" (7/1/89): very faint, very small, slightly elongated E-W.  Bracketed by two mag 15 stars.  First of eight in the NGC 6269 group.