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NGC6290

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 17:0:56.4
Declination: +58:58:15
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, pS, R, * close f
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 6290

17.5" (6/18/88): fairly faint, small, round, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Brightest of three in a compact group with NGC 6291 2.0' S and MCG +10-24-085 2' WSW.