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NGC6288
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 16:57:24.3
Declination: +68:27:27
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 14.5
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift E.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: eF, vS, R, sp of 2
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6288
17.5" (7/9/88): very faint, very small, round, very small bright core. Forms a pair with NGC 6289 4' NNE.