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NGC6264

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:57:16.1
Declination: +27:50:58
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6264 17.5" (7/27/95): very faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.5'. Two mag 13.5 and 14.5 stars lie 1' SW and 1' S, respectively. Forms a pair with NGC 6265 2.9' ESE in the NGC 6269 group. 17.5" (7/1/89): very faint, fairly small, elongated SW-NE, very low surface brightness. Two faint stars off the south side; a mag 14 star 1.1' SW and a mag 15 star 1.0' S. Third of eight in the NGC 6269 group with NGC 6265 2.9' ESE.