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NGC6294
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 17:10:16.1
Declination: -26:34:25
Constellation: OPH
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, S, vgbM, globular p
Sub-type: *2
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 6294 is a double star northeast of NGC 6293, a bright globular cluster.
It is offset +5.5 seconds and +0.5 arcmin from the cluster; JH's positions for
the two objects, both seen the same sweep, lead to offsets of +7 seconds and
+0.1 arcmin. Howe's measurement of the stars' separation (PA = 315 deg,
distance = 8 arcsec) is correct. Both stars have several faint companions --
presumably members of N6293 -- merged into their DSS images.