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NGC6279
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:59:1.3
Declination: +47:14:16
Constellation: HER
Visual Magnitude: 13.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, lE, coarse D * np
Sub-type: SB0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6279. See NGC 6133, NGC 6262, and IC 4636. N6279 figures in the
identification (or not!) of all of these.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6279
17.5" (8/1/89): faint, small, round, gradually increases to a small bright core.