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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

===== NGC 6279. See NGC 6133, NGC 6262, and IC 4636. N6279 figures in the identification (or not!) of all of these.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 6279 17.5" (8/1/89): faint, small, round, gradually increases to a small bright core.