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NGC6293
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:10:10.4
Declination: -26:34:52
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude: 8.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: globular, vB, L, R, psbM, rrr, st 16
Sub-type: IV
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6293. See NGC 6294 and NGC 6551.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 6293
17.5" (6/6/86): small, compact, 10-20 stars resolved at 286x and on the verge of more extensive resolution.
13" (7/27/84): fairly bright, high surface brightness, compact core, much fainter mottled halo. Between 6-12 very faint stars are resolved in the halo at 360x.