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NGC6278

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:0:50.2
Declination: +23:0:40
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, stellar
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 6278 is the brightest galaxy of a group.  See NGC 6276.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6278

17.5": fairly faint, small, dominated by a very small bright core with stellar nucleus, faint halo elongated NW-SE.  Close pair with NGC 6276 2.3' NW.