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NGC6271

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 16:58:50.7
Declination: +27:57:53
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, R
Sub-type: S0?

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6271 17.5" (7/1/89): extremely faint, very small, round. Seventh of 8 in the NGC 6269 group and forms a close pair with NGC 6272 3' SSE.