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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

===== 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.