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NGC6272

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:58:58.2
Declination: +27:55:51
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6272

17.5" (7/1/89): extremely faint, very small, round.  Forms a pair with NGC 6271 3' NNW.  Located along a line of faint stars and last of 8 in the NGC 6269 group.