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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
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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.