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NGC6289

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 16:57:44.9
Declination: +68:30:51
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift E.
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, mE, nf of 2
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6289

17.5" (7/9/88): very faint, very small, round.  A pair of stars is 1.5' NE and a mag 15.5 star is at the SW edge.  Forms a pair with NGC 6288 4' SSW.